Role of Radical Awareness in the Character and Word Acquisition of Chinese Children.

Shu, Hua; Anderson, Richard C.

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ERIC Number: EJ537448

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Role of Radical Awareness in the Character and Word Acquisition of Chinese Children.

Shu, Hua; Anderson, Richard C.

Reading Research Quarterly, v32 n1 p78-89 Jan-Mar 1997

Finds that third and fifth graders were able to select characters containing the correct radicals (a component of Chinese characters that provides information about the character's meaning) even when the characters as a whole were unfamiliar to them. Finds that good readers displayed more awareness of radicals than poor readers. (RS)

Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Word Recognition, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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