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Zhang, Su-Zhen; Inoue, Tomohiro; Shu, Hua; Georgiou, George K. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Although several studies have examined the role of home literacy environment (HLE) in learning to read in Western societies, little is known about the role of HLE in Chinese reading. In addition, the few studies in Chinese have not tested the possible effects of HLE on reading comprehension. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten
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Zhang, Juan; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Wong, Anita M.-Y.; Tardif, Twila; Shu, Hua; Zhang, Yuping – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
The present study explored the early predictors of reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese children. We originally recruited 290 Beijing and 154 Hong Kong children and further selected from each sample those (30 from Beijing and 22 from Hong Kong sample) in the lowest 25% on reading comprehension tests across the last two consecutive testing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties