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Catrina Cuina Liu; Kevin Kien Hoa Chung – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
This study investigated the impact of home literacy environment (HLE) on the acquisition of English as a secondĀ language (L2) and reading skills in Chinese-speaking kindergarten children. The sample was 354 kindergarten children (mean age: 60.37 months, SD = 7.25; 186 boys, 52.5%) in Hong Kong, China. Mothers completed a questionnaire measuring…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Home Study, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
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Chan, Stephanie W. Y.; Cheung, Wai Ming; Huang, Yanli; Lam, Wai-Ip; Lin, Chin-Hsi – Language Testing, 2020
Demand for second-language (L2) Chinese education for kindergarteners has grown rapidly, but little is known about these kindergarteners' L2 skills, with existing studies focusing on school-age populations and alphabetic languages. Accordingly, we developed a six-subtest Chinese character acquisition assessment to measure L2 kindergarteners'…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Written Language