Nihat Bayat|Gökhan Çetinkaya
The Relationship Between Inference Skills and Reading Comprehension
Akdeniz University|Pamukkale University
research aims reveal extent inferencemaking ability predicts reading comprehension skill research participants consisted 117 middlegrade students attending 5th 6th grades data collected inferencemaking ability test reading comprehension test tests administered respondents single session answers interpreted two evaluators answers provided participants imported statistical software coded analyzed research findings showed participants poor level inferencemaking ability whereas reading comprehension skills participants medium level especially lexical inferencing achieved satisfying level propositional pragmatic inferencing could attained sufficient levels research results assert inferencemaking ability predicted reading comprehension skill medium level light finding recommended introduce include inferencemaking strategy reading literacy education level reading comprehension skill would enhancedges