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Longitudinal Associations of Phonological Processing Skills, Chinese Word Reading, and Arithmetic
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Yang, Xiujie; McBride, Catherine; Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Chung, Kevin Kien Hoa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This 13-month longitudinal study investigated whether different phonological processing components independently predicted individual differences in Chinese word reading and arithmetic. Three phonological processing skills [phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid automatized naming (RAN)], word reading, and arithmetic were assessed…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Chinese, Reading Skills, Arithmetic
An Investigation of the Bidirectional Relations of Word Reading to Timed Visual Tasks Involving Different Levels of Phonological Processing in Chinese
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Pan, Jinger; Cui, Xin; McBride, Catherine; Shu, Hua – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2020
This study investigated the association of timed visual processing tasks varying in levels of phonological processing with word reading. We tested 293 Chinese children on Cross Out, Visual Matching, rapid automatized naming (RAN), and Chinese character recognition across three to five years. Children's character recognition at ages 6 and 7…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Chinese, Phonology, Naming
Effect of Twinning on Chinese and English Vocabulary Knowledge
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Wong, Simpson W. L.; Cheung, Him; Zheng, Mo; Yang, Xiujie; McBride, Catherine; Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Leung, Judy Sze-Man; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Waye, Mary Miu Yee – Child Development, 2020
Vocabulary knowledge was tested in a native (Cantonese-Chinese) and foreign (English) language in 150 twins and 150 singletons aged 6-11 years, matched on age, gender, grade level, nonverbal intelligence, parents' education, family income, and number of siblings and household members. The singletons clearly outperformed the twins on the native…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Native Language, Sino Tibetan Languages, Chinese
Beyond Phonological and Morphological Processing: Pure Copying as a Marker of Dyslexia in Chinese but Not Poor Reading of English
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Kalindi, Sylvia Chanda; McBride, Catherine; Tong, Xiuhong; Wong, Natalie Lok Lee; Chung, Kien Hoa Kevin; Lee, Chia-Ying – Annals of Dyslexia, 2015
To examine cognitive correlates of dyslexia in Chinese and reading difficulties in English as a foreign language, a total of 14 Chinese dyslexic children (DG), 16 poor readers of English (PE), and 17 poor readers of both Chinese and English (PB) were compared to a control sample (C) of 17 children, drawn from a statistically representative sample…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties