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Richard Sparks; Abdullah Alamer; Philip Dale – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2025
This study examined the long-term effect of L1 reading achievement on L2 reading achievement while assessing the mediating roles of L1 print exposure and L2 aptitude measured by the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT). Structural equation modeling was used to determine the direct and indirect effects of L1 reading achievement on L2 reading…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude
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Gottardo, Alexandra; Mueller, Julie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
First-language (L1) and 2nd-language (L2) oral language skills and L2 word reading were used as predictors to test the simple view of reading as a model of 2nd-language reading comprehension. The simple view of reading states that reading comprehension is related to decoding and oral language comprehension skills. One hundred thirty-one…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness