Vocabulary and Grammar Knowledge in Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Structural Equation Modeling Study
Modern Language JournalPublished 1 December 2012
Dongbo Zhang
Citations156
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.39
SNIP2.73
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
Abstract Using structural equation modeling analysis, this study examined the contribution of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to second language reading comprehension among 190 advanced Chinese English as a foreign language learners. Vocabulary knowledge was measured in both breadth (Vocabulary Levels Test) and depth (Word Associates Test); grammatical measures focused on learners' implicit (timed grammaticality judgment task), as well as explicit knowledge (grammatical error correction task); reading comprehension had three indicators, namely, co‐reference, textual inference, and gist. Vocabulary knowledge related significantly to reading comprehension; grammatical knowledge showed a weak contribution to reading comprehension after controlling for the effect of vocabulary knowledge. In addition, learners' implicit knowledge of grammar had a stronger relationship to reading comprehension than explicit knowledge, over and above the effect of vocabulary size.
Keywords
PsychologyComputer Science
Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary JournalCutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
105,395 Citations1999Li‐tze Hu, Peter M. Bentler
Cambridge University Press eBooksLearning Vocabulary in Another Language
5,834 Citations2001Paul Nation
Whatever the authors' proffesion, cambridge applied linguistics learning vocabulary in another language can be great source for reading.
Comprehension: A Paradigm for Cognition
4,770 Citations1998Walter Kintsch
Cognitive PsychologyCritical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language
2,722 Citations1989Jacqueline S. Johnson, Elissa L. Newport
The results support the conclusion that a critical period for language acquisition extends its effects to second language acquisition.
Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice
1,623 Citations2008William Grabe
Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantesHow Large a Vocabulary is Needed For Reading and Listening?
1,422 Citations2006Paul Nation
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionTHE ROBUSTNESS OF CRITICAL PERIOD EFFECTS IN SECOND LANGUAGEACQUISITION
1,422 Citations2000Robert DeKeyser
Language TestingDeveloping and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test
1,205 Citations2001Norbert Schmitt, Diane Schmitt +1 more
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionMEASURING IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE OF A SECOND LANGUAGE: A Psychometric Study
1,014 Citations2005Rod Ellis
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionAT THE INTERFACE: DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS OF EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
874 Citations2005Nick C. Ellis
Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantesHow Large a Vocabulary Is Needed for Reading and Listening?
812 Citations2006Paul Nation
Language LearningInvestigating the Relationship Between Vocabulary Knowledge and Academic Reading Performance: An Assessment Perspective
810 Citations2002David D. Qian
Implicit and Explicit Learning
765 Citations2003Robert DeKeyser
Reading Research QuarterlyClosing the gap: Addressing the vocabulary needs of English‐language learners in bilingual and mainstream classrooms
740 Citations2004María S. Carlo, Diane August +6 more
Unknown vocabulary density and reading comprehension
655 Citations2020Mingliang Hu, Paul Nation
Reading Research QuarterlyReinterpreting the development of reading skills
644 Citations2005Scott G. Paris
Society and the Language Classroom
606 Citations1997Hywel Coleman
University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire)Reading in a Second Language: Process, Product and Practice
549 Citations2014Alexander Urquhart, Cyril J. Weir
Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantesAssessing the Roles of Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge in Reading Comprehension
544 Citations1999David D. Qian
Language Learning JournalVocabulary size and the skills of listening, reading and writing
531 Citations2008Lars Stenius Stæhr
Language TestingThe development of a new measure of L2 vocabulary knowledge
520 Citations1993John Read
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooksHow Much Lexis is Necessary for Reading Comprehension?
513 Citations1992Batia Laufer
Reading Research QuarterlyLanguage proficiency and reading ability in first‐ and second‐language learners
489 Citations2003Mienke Droop, Ludo Verhoeven
Journal of Educational PsychologyRelationships of three components of reading fluency to reading comprehension.
457 Citations2008Susan Lutz Klauda, John T. Guthrie
Applied LinguisticsInterpreting Relationships between L1 and L2 Reading: Consolidating the Linguistic Threshold and the Linguistic Interdependence Hypotheses
452 Citations1995Elizabeth B. Bernhardt, Mousselli Kamil
Applied PsycholinguisticsBreadth and depth of vocabulary in relation to L1/L2 acquisition and frequency of input
437 Citations2001Anne Vermeer
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionRESEARCHING VOCABULARY THROUGH A WORD KNOWLEDGEFRAMEWORK
425 Citations1997Norbert Schmitt, Paul Meara
Applied LinguisticsSecond Language Reading: Reading Ability or Language Proficiency?
355 Citations1991Patricia L. Carrell
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionTHEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING: Introduction
347 Citations2005Jan H. Hulstijn
TESOL QuarterlyThe Relative Contribution of L2 Language Proficiency and L1 Reading Ability to L2 Reading Performance: A Test of the Threshold Hypothesis in an EFL Context
318 Citations1997Jeong-Won Lee, Diane L. Schallert
Annual Review of Applied LinguisticsPROGRESS AND PROCRASTINATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE READING
294 Citations2005Elizabeth B. Bernhardt
Language learning & technology"To gloss or not to gloss": An investigation of reading comprehension online
293 Citations1998Lara Lomicka
Computerized reading with full glossing may promote a deeper level of text comprehension, and pedagogical suggestions for second language (L2) teaching and research will be discussed.
Applied LinguisticsDefining a Minimal Receptive Second-Language Vocabulary for Non-native University Students: An Empirical Investigation
285 Citations1996Suzanne Hazenberg, J. H. HULSTUN
Language LearningThe Effects of Simplified and Elaborated Texts on Foreign Language Reading Comprehension
281 Citations1994Yasukata Yano, Michael H. Long +1 more
Applied LinguisticsModelling Learning Difficulty and Second Language Proficiency: The Differential Contributions of Implicit and Explicit Knowledge
265 Citations2006Rod Ellis
This article re-examines the question of what makes some grammatical structures more difficult to learn than others, arguing that this question can only be properly understood and investigated with reference to the distinction between implicit and explicit knowledge of a second language.
Journal of Educational PsychologyLinguistic Knowledge, Processing Speed, and Metacognitive Knowledge in First- and Second-Language Reading Comprehension: A Componential Analysis.
255 Citations2004Amos van Gelderen, Rob Schoonen +5 more
Language Teaching ResearchMetalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language proficiency
251 Citations1997J. Charles Alderson, Caroline Clapham +1 more
Language LearningMetacognitive and Language‐Specific Knowledge in Native and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: An Empirical Study Among Dutch Students in Grades 6, 8 and 10
247 Citations1998Rob Schoonen, Jan H. Hulstijn +1 more
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionSECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS' THEORIES ON THE USE OF ENGLISH ARTICLES
232 Citations2002Yuko Goto Butler
Language TestingThe relative significance of syntactic knowledge and vocabulary breadth in the prediction of reading comprehension test performance
225 Citations2006Toshihiko Shiotsu, Cyril J. Weir
Modern Language JournalHigher–Level and Lower–Level Text Processing Skills in Advanced ESL Reading Comprehension
216 Citations2003Hossein Nassaji
Special language : from humans thinking to thinking machines
209 Citations1989Christer Laurén, Marianne Nordman
Part 1 Theory of LSP research: special purpose language as a complex system - the case of linguistics, Robert de Beaugrande the question - theoretical approach in hermeneutics and LSPResearch and an outline of the value of genre analysis in LSP work.
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionTOWARD A LEXICAL PROCESSING MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF SECONDLANGUAGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION
207 Citations1997Kees de Bot, T. Sima Paribakht +1 more
It is argued in this paper that the process of inferring the features of unknown words in a reading passage can be described in terms of lemma construction, as defined in the model.
Applied LinguisticsMetalinguistic Knowledge and Language Ability in University-Level L2 Learners
169 Citations2007Karen Roehr
Reading Research QuarterlyThe Interplay Between Automatic and Control Processes in Reading
164 Citations2000Jeffrey J. Walczyk
Journal of Reading BehaviorConnections between First- and Second-Language Reading
155 Citations1995Judith E. Brisbois
Language Teaching ResearchImplicit knowledge, explicit knowledge and general language proficiency
153 Citations1998Youngju Han, Rod Ellis
English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner
151 Citations2010Liying Cheng, Andy Curtis
Foreign Language AnnalsMeasuring and Explaining the Reading Threshold Needed for English for Academic Purposes Texts
146 Citations1985Batia Laufer, Donald Sim
Journal of Experimental Child PsychologySyntactic awareness in relation to reading skill and ongoing reading comprehension monitoring
134 Citations1986Judith A. Bowey
Journal of Research in ReadingReading in a foreign language: how does L2 lexical knowledge interact with the reader's general academic ability'
115 Citations1992Batia Laufer
Elsevier eBooksDiscourse Comprehension
91 Citations2006Rolf A. Zwaan, David N. Rapp
A growing body of evidence suggests that comprehenders routinely and/or strategically keep track of protagonists, objects, locations, and events to build useful associations.
TESOL QuarterlyThe Relationship of Reading Attitudes Between L1 And L2: An Investigation of Adult EFL Learners in Japan
79 Citations2007Junko Yamashita
Thomson Heinle eBooksThe power of context in language teaching and learning
64 Citations2005Jan Frodesen, Christine Holten
A Contextual Analysis a la Celce-Murcia and Larsen-Freeman Model for ESL Teacher Education and the Effects of Context-Based Instruction on Academic Listening Skills, and the Power of Context in Teaching Pronunciation.
Language LearningA Review of L1 and L2/ESL Word Integration Skills and the Nature of L2/ESL Word Integration Development Involved in Lower‐Level Text Processing
61 Citations2001Michael Fender
Journal of Research in ReadingThe effect of syntactic simplification on reading EST texts as L1 and L2
55 Citations1990J.M. Ulijn, Judith B. Strother
It was found that there were no significant differences between subgroups reading an authentic computer science text and those reading a syntactically adapted text either in comprehension or in time across the four groups of subjects.
DEVELOPING SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING FLUENCY AND ITS EFFECT ON COMPREHENSION: A MISSING LINK
52 Citations2006Etsuo Taguchi, Greta Gorsuch +1 more
Second Language Reading Research and Instruction: Crossing the Boundaries
49 Citations2010Jookyoung Jung
By crossing the boundaries between diverse conceptual and pedagogical practice this volume appeals to second language reading researchers, teachers, curriculum developers, materials writers, and graduate students of second language education interested in reading.
Components of L2 Reading: Linguistic and Processing Factors in the Reading Test Performances of Japanese EFL Learners
41 Citations2011Toshihiko Shiotsu
Regression analyses indicated that syntactic knowledge was the best predictor of passage-reading ability, while vocabulary breadth also contributed to its prediction, and sentence-reading speed was best predicted by the speed of lexical semantic access.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)Second Language Reading and the Role of Grammar
13 Citations2009Jookyoung Jung