ERIC Number: EJ889082
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Early Oral Language Markers of Poor Reading Performance in Hong Kong Chinese Children
Liu, Phil D.; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Wong, Anita M. -Y.; Tardif, Twila; Stokes, Stephanie F.; Fletcher, Paul; Shu, Hua
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v43 n4 p322-331 Jul-Aug 2010
This study investigated the extent to which language skills at ages 2 to 4 years could discriminate Hong Kong Chinese poor from adequate readers at age 7. Selected were 41 poor readers (age M = 87.6 months) and 41 adequate readers (age M = 88.3 months). The two groups were matched on age, parents' education levels, and nonverbal intelligence. The following language tasks were tested at different ages: vocabulary checklist and Cantonese articulation test at age 2; nonword repetition, Cantonese articulation, and receptive grammar at age 3; and nonword repetition, receptive grammar, sentence imitation, and story comprehension at age 4. Significant differences between the poor and adequate readers were found in the age 2 vocabulary knowledge, age 3 Cantonese articulation, and age 4 receptive grammar skill, sentence imitation, and story comprehension. Among these measures, sentence imitation showed the greatest power in discriminating poor and adequate readers. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Sentences, Oral Language, Economically Disadvantaged, Speech Tests, Imitation, Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills, Nonverbal Ability, Age Differences, Toddlers, Children, Reading Ability, Grammar, Listening Comprehension, Preschool Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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