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Tabatabaee-Yazdi, Mona; Baghaei, Purya – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2018
In this study the cognitive correlates of reading comprehension in English as a foreign language were studied. The Cattell-Horn-Carroll model of cognitive abilities was used as the theoretical grounding for the study. We examined the relationship between fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, verbal analogical reasoning, and speed of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Cognitive Ability
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Motallebzadeh, Khalil; Tabatabaee Yazdi, Mona – Cogent Education, 2016
The general purpose of the current study was to clarify the role and estimate the correlation of specific cognitive abilities with Second Language (L2) reading achievement of English Foreign Language (EFL) university students. Since there are not ample available studies about the cognitive correlates of reading comprehension in a second language,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Ability, Second Language Learning, Reading Achievement
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Sun, He; Ng, Ee Lynn – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
The current study explored the home and school factors that are important for Singaporean pre-schoolers' (N = 1440) early English development from K1 to P1. Language input quantity and quality factors at home (e.g., number of English books,) and at school (e.g., instructional support in class) were used to predict children's English vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Educational Environment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction