Reading comprehension and its underlying components in second-language learners: A meta-analysis of studies comparing first- and second-language learners

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-433

  Melby Lervåg, Monica ^a   Lervåg, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bilingual development; Decoding; Language comprehension; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; META ANALYSIS; MULTILINGUALISM; READING;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MULTILINGUALISM; READING;

EID: 84894471997     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033890     Document Type: Article

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