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Chang, Xin; Wang, Pei; Cai, Meng-meng; Wang, Mingzhu – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
The present research set out to investigate the effect of working memory on English reading comprehension of Chinese middle school students. To do so, we recruited 150 Chinese students at grade 8 and conducted two studies. Study 1 examined the predictive power of working memory on the performance of English reading comprehension, grammar, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Deng, Qinli; Tong, Shelley Xiuli – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
This study examined the reading comprehension profiles, and the related linguistic and cognitive skills, of 146 Chinese students in Grades 3-9 who are deaf or hard of hearing (d/Dhh). Employing a rigorous regression approach, the current study identified 19 unexpected poor comprehenders, 24 expected average comprehenders, and 16 unexpected good…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Ability, Language Skills