Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50283#.VDN5X1fHRK0 Author(s) Lisa Yoshikawa , Junko Yamashita Affiliation(s) Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan . ABSTRACT Phonemic awareness (PA) accounts for individual differences in early reading achievement in English as a first language (L1), but its effect generally fades with age. However, in English as a second language (L2), PA may still explain variation in reading ability among the adult population, depending on the readers’ L1 background. We examined the role of PA in the reading comprehension of L1-Japanese readers to closely examine the relationship between PA and reading comprehension....
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