The objective of the text above is...

to describe in a few words an investigation and its results on the cognitive and linguistic factors that have an influence on reading comprehension in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) speakers.

to detail the cognitive aspects of reading comprehension among L1 speakers and ESL speakers in the seventh grade.

to raise awareness about the importance of reading comprehension.

to comprehend a study on how comprehension depends on a variety of phonological, memory and linguistic processes.

to prove that reading comprehension is a multi-dimensional process.