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QUANTIFYING THE DIFFERENCE IN READING FLUENCY BETWEEN L1 AND L2 READERS OF ENGLISH

Abstract

Abstract This study is a comparative examination of reading behavior of first-language (L1) Canadian and second-language (L2) Finnish and German readers of English. We measured eye-movement patterns during reading the same set of English sentences and administered tests of English vocabulary, spelling, and exposure to print. The core of our study is a novel method of statistical prediction used to generate hypothetical Finnish …

Authors

Nisbet K; Bertram R; Erlinghagen C; Pieczykolan A; Kuperman V

Journal

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 407–434

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

May 2022

DOI

10.1017/s0272263121000279

ISSN

0272-2631