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Direct linkYau Yu Chan; Nirmala Rao – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This study considered the influences of the home learning environment and preschool quality on the development of 5-year-old Chinese (N = 43) and South Asian (N = 32) children in Hong Kong. Children were recruited from two preschools--one admitted only South Asian children, and the other admitted only Chinese children. Children were assessed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Influence, Preschool Education, Early Experience
Yau Yu Chan; Nirmala Rao – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: This study investigated the effectiveness of a home-based intervention in increasing the intrinsic reading motivation and Chinese oral vocabulary of minority South Asian children in Hong Kong. A quasi-experiment was conducted with 78 children (M[subscript age] = 51.54 months; control: 37 children, intervention: 41 children) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Vocabulary Development, Children
