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Choi, William; Tong, Xiuli; Deacon, Helene – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Cantonese lexical tone awareness is closely associated with 1st language Cantonese vocabulary knowledge, but its role in 2nd language English vocabulary knowledge was unclear. We addressed this issue by investigating whether and, if so, how Cantonese lexical tone awareness contributes to English expressive vocabulary knowledge in Hong…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Phonological Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chen, Xi; Ku, Yu-Min; Koyama, Emiko; Anderson, Richard C.; Li, Wenling – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2008
This study investigated the phonological awareness of 219 first, second, and fourth grade Cantonese-speaking children from the south of China, who received immersion Mandarin instruction beginning in the first grade. Children received onset, rime and tone awareness tasks in Cantonese and Mandarin. Children performed better on the Cantonese onset…
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Rhyme, Factor Analysis