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Direct linkShiotsu, Toshihiko; Weir, Cyril J. – Language Testing, 2007
In the componential approach to modelling reading ability, a number of contributory factors have been empirically validated. However, research on their relative contribution to explaining performance on second language reading tests is limited. Furthermore, the contribution of knowledge of syntax has been largely ignored in comparison with the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Syntax, Reading Tests, Structural Equation Models
Download full textLee, Gabriel A. – Online Submission, 2002
Rauding theory states that two factors, accuracy and rate, explain nearly all the variance in the general reading ability of American schoolchildren (Carver, 1999). Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and regression, this dissertation investigated to what extent the Rauding model could be applied to 92 Japanese university aged young adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Word Recognition, Reading Ability
