mathematicians and historians do not understand the expression “Every educator is a teacher of reading”.

students do not have access to much information because of the blitz of video gaming, social networking and texting.

the fact that textbooks have always been of students’ interest has not changed.

keeping adolescents engaged with reading is an easy task.

educators of all areas teach reading and writing.

Tracy was conscious of her audacity from the beginning of the car trip.

It can be inferred from the text that Tracy had to pull off because she was laughing too much.

It can be concluded from the expression “tears streamed down her face” (l.5) that Tracy was sad.

It can be inferred from the text that Tracy is usually a happy person who laughs a lot.

It was the first time Tracy was going to Manhattan.

All photographs were taken recently.

There were more pocketbooks and wallets than postcards.

There were not any very good photographs in the description.

There were only photographs, postcards, pocketbooks and wallets in the shop.

The shop was located in the middle of a street.

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.

It can be inferred that the GC group performing better than the PC group was not expected

Research and theories of comprehension are more commonly based on English as a Second Language.

The group of students that was investigated was from kindergarten.

Some aspects used as comparison between L1 and ESL speakers were word reading, word reading fluency, phonological awareness, working memory, and morphological and syntactic awareness.

The sample group was divided in three, according to the ages of their members.

‘Pick up’ in the comic strip means make a place tidy.

Calvin did not understand his mother’s question.

It is impossible to lift a room, therefore, it is impossible to pick up a room.

Calvin thinks his mother is not sentimental.

The mother did not understand the joke.

Wheatley’s poem To S. M., a Young African Painter, on seeing His Works showed how immoral slavery was.

Wheatley never wrote about discrimination.

Phillis is considered “an exceptional slave woman” (l.3) because she worked hard for the Wheatleys.

Phillis Wheatley was taken to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was already an adult.

Phillis Wheatley learned to read and write with the help of Mary Wheatley.

The character was afraid to disappoint his father.

The sentence He drank his way across the narrow sea (l.1) indicates that the character was sober the whole trip.

The character could be on the top level of the ship.

It can be inferred that the bread was rotten.

It was the food, not the movement of the ship, that made the character feel sick.

It can be inferred that “wretched” (l.4) has a positive meaning.

Food would come back from the character’s is stomach, but not wine.

The character believes he cannot substitute food for wine.

The character’s cabin was short of light.

The word “rocking” (l.3) refers to the movement of the ship.

There has not been any immigration in the United States in the late 20th century.

Literature in the U.S today is not as dazzlingly diverse, exciting and evolving as in the past.

Literary traditions were adapted because the conditions of the national life had been changing.

The United States is the most diverse nation in the world.

Less than 5% of U.S population is foreign-born individuals.