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Vocabulary does not complicate the simple view of reading

Abstract

Abstract Gough and Tunmer’s (1986) simple view of reading (SVR) proposed that reading comprehension (RC) is a function of language comprehension (LC) and word recognition/decoding. Braze et al. (2007) presented data suggesting an extension of the SVR in which knowledge of vocabulary (V) affected RC over and above the effects of LC. Tunmer and Chapman (2012) found a similar independent contribution of V to RC when the data were analyzed by …

Authors

Braze D; Katz L; Magnuson JS; Mencl WE; Tabor W; Van Dyke JA; Gong T; Johns CL; Shankweiler DP

Journal

Reading and Writing, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 435–451

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

March 2016

DOI

10.1007/s11145-015-9608-6

ISSN

0922-4777