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ERIC Number: EJ619356
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Phonetic Awareness: Knowledge of Orthography-Phonology Relationships in the Character Acquisition of Chinese Children.
Shu, Hua; Anderson, Richard C.; Wu, Ningning
Journal of Educational Psychology, v92 n1 p56-62 Mar 2000
Investigates the development of phonetic awareness, and insight into the structure and function of Chinese characters that give a clue to pronunciation. Participants were 113 Chinese second, fourth, and sixth graders enrolled in a working-class Beijing, China elementary school. Results show that both character familiarity and character regularity strongly influenced performance. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Phonetics, Phonology, Spelling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China