Effects of Bilingualism on Reading Fluency: An Analysis of Pausing Patterns of Iranian Learners of English as a Third Language

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"> </td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Levene’s test</td><td class="align_center" colspan="4"><i>t</i>-test for equality of means</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center"><i>F</i></td><td class="align_center">Sig.</td><td class="align_center"><i>t</i></td><td class="align_center">D<i>f</i></td><td class="align_center">Sig. (2-tailed)</td><td class="align_center">Mean difference</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Equal variances</td><td class="align_center">1.174</td><td class="align_center">0.285</td><td class="align_center">23.91</td><td class="align_center">38</td><td class="align_center">0.000</td><td class="align_center">3.023</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nonequal variances</td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center">23.91</td><td class="align_center">35.83</td><td class="align_center">0.000</td><td class="align_center">3.023</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Results of independent-samples <i>t</i>-test for pause frequency in English.</div>

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Table 2: Effects of Bilingualism on Reading Fluency: An Analysis of Pausing Patterns of Iranian Learners of English as a Third Language 