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Crosslinguistic Transfer of Suprasegmental and Segmental Phonology in L2 Reading Comprehension: Testing Mediation through Bilingual Decoding
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Jiexin Lin; Haomin Stanley Zhang; Xiaoyu Lin – Educational Psychology, 2025
This study examined the unified model of phonological transfer in English reading comprehension and the mediating effects of bilingual decoding skills. Grade 4 Chinese Mandarin learners of English (N = 256) completed a series of tests including tone and stress sensitivity, Chinese and English segmental phonological awareness, Chinese and English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading)
The Contribution of Phonemic Awareness and Executive Functions to Reading Skills of Italian Pupils
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Anna Cardis; Elena Podda; Maria Chiara Fastame – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Phonemic awareness (PA) refers to the ability to reflect on and manipulate phonemes. The development of the ability to become aware of and conduct mental operations on phonemes might involve higher-order cognitive processes, such as executive functions (EFs), which help modulate attention to goal-relevant information and support behavioral…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Executive Function, Reading Skills, Decoding (Reading)
Combined Phonological Awareness and Print Knowledge Training Improves Reading Accuracy and Comprehension in Children with Reading Disabilities
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Layes, Smail; Guendouz, Mahmoud; Lalonde, Robert; Rebai, Mohamed – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
We examined the effects of a combined phonological and print intervention program on the enhancement of phonological awareness, text reading accuracy and comprehension in fourth grade Arabic-speaking children with severe difficulties in reading accuracy (dyslexia) and reading comprehension. We compared an experimental group (n = 22; mean…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Training, Program Effectiveness, Reading Skills
The Effect of Student-Related and Text-Related Characteristics on Student's Reading Behaviour and Text Comprehension: An Eye Movement Study
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de Leeuw, Linda; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
The focus of the present study was on the mediation and moderation effects of reading processes as evidenced from eye movements on the relation between cognitive and linguistic student characteristics (word decoding, vocabulary, comprehension skill, short-term memory, working memory, and nonverbal intelligence) and text comprehension. Forty 4th…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Regression (Statistics), Nonverbal Ability
Reading for Meaning: The Effects of Developmental Education on Motivation and Achievement in Reading Informative Texts in Primary School
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van Rijk, Yvonne; de Mey, Langha; de Haan, Dorian; van Oers, Bert; Volman, Monique – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Content-oriented reading interventions that focus on the integration of motivational enhancement and strategy instruction have been found to have positive effects. Developmental education (DE) in the Netherlands is an innovative content-oriented approach in which reading is an integral part of an inquiry-oriented curriculum. Reading for meaning is…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Teaching Methods
Long-Term Effects of Strategic Reading Instruction in the Intermediate Elementary Grades
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Droop, Mienke; van Elsäcker, Willy; Voeten, Marinus J. M.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a program that offered sustained strategic reading instruction on reading abilities of third and fourth graders. The study was conducted among 1,469 children from 40 schools in the Netherlands. Schools were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades