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The Relations and Comparisons between Reading Comprehension and Reading Rate of Japanese High School EFL Learners
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Fujita, Ken; Yamashita, Junko – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
The current study investigated the relation and comparison of reading comprehension and reading rate in Japanese high school EFL learners. One hundred and forty-eight tenth-graders in a Japanese high school participated in this study. Results showed that the relation between reading comprehension and reading rate was weak, but significant (r =…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Correlation
The Relative Significance of Syntactic Knowledge and Vocabulary Breadth in the Prediction of Reading Comprehension Test Performance
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Shiotsu, 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
Japanese College Students' English Reading Ability.
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Kitao, Kenji – 1995
A series of six studies of the reading ability of Japanese high school and college students investigated the ability of students to process various literary forms and the types of questions students have difficulty with at different levels of reading proficiency. Over 25,000 students completed various versions of an English reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students