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ERIC Number: EJ640532
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Factors Related to English Reading Performance in Children with Chinese as a First Language: More Evidence of Cross-Language Transfer of Phonological Processing.
Gottardo, Alexandra; Yan, Bernice; Siegel, Linda S.; Wade-Woolley, Lesly
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n3 p530-42 Sep 2001
Parallel measures of phonological, syntactic, and orthographic processing skill and reading were administered in English and Chinese to 65 children whose first language (L1) was Cantonese and whose 2nd language (L2) was English. This research adds to the evidence for cross-language transfer of phonological processing in L2 learning of English-as-a-Second-Language students. (Author)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cantonese, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Processing, Reading Skills, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Language Transfer; Phonological Processing