ERIC Number: EJ978703
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-5429
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Phonological Awareness and Listening Comprehension among Chinese English-Immersion Students
Li, Miao; Cheng, Liying; Kirby, John R.
International Education, v41 n2 p46-65 Spr 2012
This study investigates the relationship between English listening comprehension and English and Chinese phonological awareness (PA), and the cross-linguistic transfer of PA in 48 Grade 2 and 47 Grade 4 Chinese English-immersion students. The results of the study indicate a correlation between English PA and English listening comprehension. English listening comprehension had a significant effect on English PA in both grades; this effect is evident after considering Chinese PA, but only in Grade 4. A similar pattern is found for the effect of English PA on English listening comprehension. Only weak evidence exists pertaining to a connection between cross-linguistic transfer from Chinese PA (L1) to English listening comprehension (L2). (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Metalinguistics, Listening Comprehension, Chinese, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs, Grade 2, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Tests, Auditory Perception, Intonation, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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