ERIC Number: EJ734355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Feb
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Korean-English Biliteracy Acquisition: Cross-Language Phonological and Orthographic Transfer
Wang, Min; Park, Yoonjung; Lee, Kyoung Rang
Journal of Educational Psychology, v98 n1 p148-158 Feb 2006
Cross-language phonological and orthographic relationship in the biliteracy acquisition of children learning to read Korean and English was investigated in this study. Forty-five Korean-English bilingual children were tested in first-language (L1; Korean) and 2nd-language (L2; English) reading skills focusing on 2 reading processes--phonological and orthographic processing. The authors found that phonological skills in L1 and L2 were strongly correlated, and Korean phonological skills explained a unique amount of variance in English pseudoword reading beyond English phonological and orthographic skills. However, there was limited orthographic skill transfer between the 2 systems. Results are discussed within the framework of universal phonological processes in learning to read. The authors conclude that bilingual reading acquisition may be a joint function of general phonological processes and orthographic-specific skills.
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Bilingualism, Phonology, Korean, English (Second Language), Transfer of Training, Contrastive Linguistics, Reading Processes, Orthographic Symbols, Second Language Learning, Testing
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