Home literacy environment and English language and literacy skills among Chinese young children who learn English as a second language

Home literacy environment and English language and literacy skills among Chinese young children who learn English as a second language

• Yeung, Siu Sze The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• King, Ronnel Bornasal The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Reading Psychology, 2015

Routledge

2015

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

The present study explored the home literacy environment for Chinese ESL kindergarteners and examined the relationships between home literacy practices and language and literacy skills. Ninety Hong Kong Chinese ESL kindergarteners were assessed for English vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge and word reading. Their parents completed a questionnaire about home literacy practices. Results showed that these practices can be classified into three aspects: shared reading, exposure to English materials and home teaching. Shared reading uniquely predicted receptive and expressive vocabulary, syllable awareness and word reading in English. Exposure to English materials predicted expressive vocabulary and home teaching predicted letter knowledge.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 02702711

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/d06262ac

2015-06-23