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Direct linkLi, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Geva, Esther; Koh, Poh Wee; Zhang, Huan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
This study examined (a) the identification of various reading groups across languages in Chinese (L1) adolescents learning English as a second language (ESL), in terms of their word-reading and reading comprehension skills, (b) overlap in reading group membership across languages, and (c) the performance of the various reading groups on…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Li, Miao; Kirby, John R. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
This study explored characteristics of reading comprehension difficulties among Chinese students learning English as a second language (ESL). Two hundred forty-six Grade 8 English-immersion students in China were administered a battery of reading-related and reading comprehension tests. Three groups of comprehenders matched on age, nonverbal…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Li, Miao; Cheng, Liying; Kirby, John R. – International Education, 2012
This study investigates the relationship between English listening comprehension and English and Chinese phonological awareness (PA), and the cross-linguistic transfer of PA in 48 Grade 2 and 47 Grade 4 Chinese English-immersion students. The results of the study indicate a correlation between English PA and English listening comprehension.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Metalinguistics, Listening Comprehension
Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Cheng, Liying; Wade-Woolley, Lesly; Qiang, Haiyan – Reading Psychology, 2012
This study investigated the effects of English and Chinese phonological awareness (PA) and naming speed (NS) on English reading achievement and the evidence for cross-linguistic transfer in Chinese English-immersion students. English PA was a significant predictor of English reading achievement for immersion students in Grades 2 and 4. There was…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Phonological Awareness, Grade 4, Grade 2
Deacon, S. Helene; Wade-Woolley, Lesly; Kirby, John R. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
This study examines whether orthographic processing transfers across languages to reading when the writing systems under acquisition are sufficiently related. We conducted a study with 76 7-year-old English-first-language children in French immersion. Measures of English and French orthographic processing (orthographic choice tasks) and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, French, Nonverbal Ability, English
Cheng, Liying; Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Qiang, Haiyan; Wade-Woolley, Lesly – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language without undermining competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of English immersion (EI) programmes in China, only limited empirical research has been conducted to evaluate students' academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement
