Language minority students with poor and good reading comprehension : reading-related processes and use of reading strategies

Few studies have focused on the comprehension performance of language minority (LM) students and their findings are mixed. Some studies show that reading comprehension is an area of weakness and academic difficulty for LM students whereas others show the language status does not make a difference in...

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Main Author: Mazabel Ortega, Silvia
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42576