Reading motivation, self-regulated reading strategies and English vocabulary knowledge: Which most predicted students' English reading comprehension?

H Li, Z Gan - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This study explored how reading motivation, self-regulated reading strategies and English
vocabulary knowledge influenced students' English reading comprehension simultaneously …

Analysis of test takers' metacognitive and cognitive strategy use and EFL reading test performance: A multi-sample SEM approach

L Zhang, CCM Goh, AJ Kunnan - Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the relationships between test takers' metacognitive and cognitive
strategy use through a questionnaire and their test performance on an English as a Foreign …

Modeling the relationship between metacognitive strategy awareness, self-regulation and reading proficiency of Iranian EFL learners

D Amini, MH Anhari, A Ghasemzadeh - Cogent Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The research on the effects of metacognitive strategy awareness and self-regulation on
second language reading achievements has come to confirmatory conclusions. However …

Metacognitive instruction in second language listening: Does language proficiency matter?

Q Li, L Zhang, CCM Goh - English as a Foreign Language …, 2022 - repository.nie.edu.sg
The metacognitive approach to listening is drawing increasing attention in the field of
second language learning (Vandergrift & Goh, 2012). Nevertheless, the findings of the …

Fitting the mixed Rasch model to a reading comprehension test: Exploring individual difference profiles in L2 reading

V Aryadoust, L Zhang - Language Testing, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study used the mixed Rasch model (MRM) to identify subgroups of readers
within a sample of students taking an EFL reading comprehension test. Six hundred and two …

Reading strategies and reading achievement in middle school: Kazakhstani young learners

A Akhmetova, G Imambayeva, B Csapó - SAGE Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores the reading strategies (RSs) of bilingual and monolingual young
learners in their first and second languages (L1 and L2, respectively)—either Kazakh or …

Development and validation of the test takers' metacognitive awareness reading questionnaire (TMARQ)

L Zhang, V Aryadoust, LJ Zhang - The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014 - Springer
This article reports the development of the Test Takers' Metacognitive Awareness Reading
Questionnaire (TMARQ) which measures test takers' metacognition in reading …

The impact of Moodle-based worksheets to enhance students' reading comprehension

K Ramírez Castro - 2017 - bdigital.uexternado.edu.co
Resumen en español Este estudio de investigación tuvo como propósito determinar el
impacto de una serie de guías de trabajo diseñadas en la plataforma virtual Moodle en el …

Metacognition theory and research in second language listening and reading: A comparative critical review

CCM Goh, L Zhang - 当代外语研究 [Contemporary Foreign …, 2013 - repository.nie.edu.sg
Listening and reading are two receptive skills in language learning and language use.
Although their modalities differ, listening and reading share a number of cognitive processes …

Application of exploratory factor analysis in language assessment

L Zhang, W Luo - … Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a multivariate statistical technique that is commonly used
in language assessment research. It examines the interrelationships among variables …