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Reading Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language and Some Cattell-Horn-Carroll Cognitive Ability Factors
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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
The Relationship between EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension Ability and Their Fluid Intelligence, Crystallized Intelligence, and Processing Speed
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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