Lexical quality measures in the assessment of reading proficiency in Brazilian university students

Lexical quality measures in the assessment of reading proficiency in Brazilian university students

ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the reading ability of university students using tasks to measure Lexical Quality (LQ) and evaluate the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on both the reading performance and the components of Lexical Quality (LQ). Methods: 44 students from two federal universities t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista CEFAC 2024-07, Vol.26 (4)
Hauptverfasser: Verrone, Isabel Almeida Bender, Pereira, Caio Falcao, Fonseca, Maria Cristina Micelli, Lukasova, Katerina
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Sprache:eng
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Higher Education
Literacy
Reading
REHABILITATION
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the reading ability of university students using tasks to measure Lexical Quality (LQ) and evaluate the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on both the reading performance and the components of Lexical Quality (LQ). Methods: 44 students from two federal universities took online linguistic tests, 19 from the Federal University of the Great ABC Region (UFABC) and 25 from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil. Two-ranked Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon rank-sum test) and Pearson’s Correlation tests at p
ISSN:1516-1846
1982-0216
1982-0216
DOI:10.1590/1982-0216/20242647623