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Jessie Leigh Nielsen; Rikke Vang Christensen; Mads Poulsen – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
The present study examined whether syntactic comprehension constitutes a source of individual differences separate from vocabulary and of relevance to reading comprehension. One hundred and sixty-one Danish Grade 6 students completed multiple tests of syntactic comprehension, vocabulary, decoding, and reading comprehension. Syntax measures were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Jessie Leigh Nielsen; Rikke Vang Christensen; Mads Poulsen – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Studies of syntactic comprehension and reading comprehension use a wide range of syntactic comprehension tests that vary considerably in format. The goal of this study was to examine to which extent different formats of syntactic comprehension tests measure the same construct. Methods: Sixty-nine Grade 4 students completed multiple…
Descriptors: Syntax, Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Reading Tests
Sietske van Viersen; Angeliki Altani; Peter F. de Jong; Athanassios Protopapas – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Recent studies have shown that fluent reading of word lists requires additional skills beyond efficient recognition of individual words. This study examined the specific contribution of between-word processing (sequential processing efficiency, indexed by serial digit RAN) and subskills related to text-level processing (vocabulary and syntactic…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Reading Skills, Reading Fluency, Word Lists
Xiuhong Tong; Liyan Yu; S. Hélène Deacon – Review of Educational Research, 2025
Theories of reading comprehension have widely predicted a role for syntactic skills, or the ability to understand and manipulate the structure of a sentence. Yet, these theories are based primarily on English, leaving open the question of whether this remains true across typologically different languages such as English versus Chinese. There are…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Susie Russak; Elena Zaretsky – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
The present study examined elicited written English as a foreign language (EFL) narratives produced by 6th grade Hebrew and Arabic speakers in their 4th year of learning EFL. We examined the use of correct verb morphology and morphosyntactic structures, in relation to supporting L1/EFL skills. Fifty-eight pupils (29 Arabic speakers) participated…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Hebrew, Arabic, Grade 6
Qiuzhi Xie; Susanna Siu-Sze Yeung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study aims to explore the specific contributions of derivational, inflectional, and compounding morphological awareness to reading comprehension through decoding and syntactic awareness. A total of 181 Grade 3 and 4 Chinese primary school children learning English as a second language in Hong Kong participated in this study. The results of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Syntax
Shannon S. Hall-Mills; Leesa M. Marante – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
The purpose of this registered report study was to determine the effects of explicit text structure instruction on the expository text comprehension of students with language and learning disabilities (LLD) using a multiple baseline design across conditions (e.g., compare-contrast and cause-effect) and participants. Participants included four…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Expository Writing
Daza Gonzalez, María Teresa; Phillips-Silver, Jessica; Maurno, Nahuel Gioiosa; García, Laura Fernández; Ruiz-Castañeda, Pamela – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: To explore the effectiveness of a multisensory program integrating visual, kinesthetic, and vibrotactile information to train phonological and syntactic reading abilities in prelingually deaf children between 6 and 10 years of age. Method: We examined whether the multisensory phonological training in combination with syntactic training…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
Chieh-Fang Hu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Using context to derive a word's meaning is typically conceptualized as part of the reading comprehension process. However, context sensitivity develops early--before children start to learn to read. This study took a developmental perspective, attempting to capture children's context sensitivity through spoken discourse and assess its value in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
Poulsen, Mads; Nielsen, Jessie Leigh; Vang Christensen, Rikke – Journal of Child Language, 2021
Recent studies have found correlations between sentence-level tests and reading comprehension. However, the task demands of sentence-level tests are not well understood. The present study investigated syntactic knowledge as a construct by examining the convergent and discriminant validity of two sentence-level tasks, sentence comprehension and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Syntax, Repetition
Zhao, Aiping; Guo, Ying; Dinnesen, Megan Schneider – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
This study examined the direct and indirect relations of foundational language skills (vocabulary, syntactic knowledge, and orthographic knowledge), higher-order cognitive skills (inference making and comprehension monitoring), and word reading to reading comprehension in Chinese. Consistent with the hierarchical relations specified in the Direct…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Vocabulary, Syntax, Written Language
Rachel Schiff; Shani Levy-Shimon; Lior Oanunu Shashoua; Ayelet Sasson – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2025
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multi-component homograph processing intervention complemented by Executive Function (EF) skills on the performance of struggling readers. The researchers focused on measuring improvements in literacy, metalinguistic abilities, cognitive/EF skills acquired during the intervention, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Goodwin, Amanda P.; Petscher, Yaacov; Reynolds, Dan – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: This study explores the roles of morphological skills (Morphological Awareness, Morphological-Syntactic-Knowledge,Morphological-Semantic-Knowledge, and Morphological-Orthographic/Phonological-Knowledge), vocabulary (knowledge of definitions, relationships between words, and polysemous meanings), and syntax in contributing to adolescent…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Syntax
Nie, Bruce; Deacon, Hélène; Fyshe, Alona; Epp, Carrie Demmans – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
A child's ability to understand text (reading comprehension) can greatly impact both their ability to learn in the classroom and their future contributions to society. Reading comprehension draws on oral language; behavioural measures of knowledge at the word and sentence levels have been shown to be related to children's reading comprehension. In…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Word Order, Sentence Structure, Grade 3
Liyan Yu; Jing Huang; Phil Duo Liu; Susanna Siu-Sze Yeung; Dan Lin; Him Cheung; Xiuhong Tong – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background and Aims: This study examined how parenting styles influence children's language skills and reading comprehension. Materials and Methods: Six hundred and eighty-five Chinese-speaking third graders (M[subscript age] = 9.23 years, SD = 0.66; 341 girls) were randomly recruited from eight primary schools. We measured students' primary…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Language Skills, Reading Comprehension, Grade 3