Roles of linguistic knowledge, metacognitive knowledge and processing speed in L3, L2 and L1 reading comprehension: A structural equation modeling approach

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-25

  Van Gelderen, Amos ^a   Schoonen, Rob ^a,b   de Glopper, Kees ^c   Hulstijn, Jan ^b   Snellings, Patrick ^a   Simis, Annegien ^a   Stevenson, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

L3 L2 L1 reading comprehension; language abilities; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347310553     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069030070010201     Document Type: Article

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