Research Article

A Study on the Relationship between English Reading Comprehension and English Vocabulary Knowledge

Table 5

Results of regression analysis for overall contribution of four vocabulary knowledge subcomponents to reading comprehension after motivation and self-efficacy were controlled ( = 124).

ModelAdjusted Change

13.13.05.22.05.03.05
27.94.00.50.25.21.20

Note. Self-efficacy, motivation entered Model 1.
Self-efficacy, motivation, vocabulary size, word association, collocation, and morphological knowledge entered Model 2.
Dependent variable: reading comprehension.