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Direct linkLesaux, Nonie K.; Lipka, Orly; Siegel, Linda S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2006
This study investigated the influence of cognitive and linguistic skills on the reading comprehension performance of a group of learners from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The study also compared the reading comprehension performance of grade 4 children who entered kindergarten with little or no experience with English (ESL) to that of a group…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Student Diversity, Cognitive Ability, Linguistic Competence
