The Impact of Individual Differences in Cognition on L2 Learners’ Reading Outcomes
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Published: 14 November 2018

The Impact of Individual Differences in Cognition on L2 Learners’ Reading Outcomes

Xiaorui Huang

Chongqing University of Education, China

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Abstract

There are a large number of factors contributing to the reading outcome diversity. Individual differences in cognition are possibly regarded as one of the most significant causes and have a predominated impact on the reading development. Individual differences, like meta-cognition and working memory, are found to have a positive correlation with L2 learners' reading outcome variety and have a profound influence on their ultimate achievement in reading to some extent.

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