The relationship between reading motivation and prior knowledge and reading comprehension of language learners

The present study was conducted to investigate the contribution of prior knowledge and reading motivation variables in predicting the non-Persian learners’ reading comprehension ability. A multiple-choice test and two questionnaires were developed to measure the forty-two non-Persian students’ reading comprehension, prior knowledge and reading motivation. The results of the data analysis indicated that
there were significant relationships between reading comprehension and prior knowledge and reading motivation, and prior knowledge was a better predictor for reading comprehension than reading motivation.