Journal Articles
Poor readers of Chinese and English: Overlap, stability, and longitudinal correlates
EdLink- Poor readers of Chinese and English: Overlap, stability, and longitudinal correlates
-
- McBride-Chang, Catherine Dept. of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shu, Hua Beijing Normal University
- Chan, Wai Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Wong, Terry University of Hong Kong
- Wong, Anita M. Y. University of Hong Kong
- Zhang, Yuping Beijing Normal University
- Pan, Jinger Beijing Normal University
- Chan, Paul Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Scientific Studies of Reading, 17(1), 57-70, 2013
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- 2013
-
- Hong Kong
- Beijing
-
- 1997.7 onwards
-
- Unknown or Unspecified
- We tested the overlap in the bottom 25% of scorers (termed "poor readers") in word reading in Chinese and English, respectively, among statistically representative groups of 8-year-olds from Hong Kong and Beijing in order to determine the chances of being a poor reader in English given that one was already a poor reader in Chinese. The overlap in the status of poor reader was 32% in Hong Kong and 40% in Beijing. For the Beijing sample only, we also examined longitudinal correlates of children who were poor readers of Chinese only, of English only, or poor readers in both, relative to controls at age 8. Poor readers of either Chinese or English scored the same on phonological awareness relative to controls, and poor readers of Chinese were lower than those who were poor readers of English on morphological awareness. Those children who were poor in both scored significantly lower in phonological awareness and morphological awareness, as well as slower in rapid automatized naming, over time, relative to the other groups. Results suggest that it is possible to be poor in reading of either Chinese or English or both and that the cognitive correlates of such difficulties may differ by orthography.[Copyright of Scientific Studies of Reading is the property of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2012.689787]
-
- English
- Journal Articles
-
- 10888438
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/aee5f890
- 2014-10-28
Recent Journal Articles
Modelling trait and state willingness to communicate in a second language: An experience sampling approachJournal Articles
Teaching national identity in post-handover Hong Kong: Pedagogical discourse and re-contextualization in the curriculumJournal Articles
Paradoxes in intercultural communication, acculturation strategies and adaptation outcomes: International students in Hong KongJournal Articles
The efficacy of the Peace Ambassador Project: Promoting children's emotional intelligence to address aggression in the early childhood classroomJournal Articles
Brokering school improvement through a school–university partnership: A longitudinal social network analysis of middle leadership developmentJournal Articles
L2 English listeners’ perceived comprehensibility and attitudes towards speech produced by L3 English learners from ChinaJournal Articles
School students’ aspirations for STEM careers: The influence of self-concept, parental expectations, career outcome expectations, and perceptions of STEM professionalsJournal Articles
Fundamental movement skills in Hong Kong kindergartens: A grade-level analysisJournal Articles