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Li, Miao; Koh, Poh Wee; Geva, Esther; Joshi, R. Malatesha; Chen, Xi – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
According to the Componential Model of Reading (CMR; Aaron, Joshi, Gooden, & Bentum, 2008), reading comprehension can be explained by 3 domains--cognitive, psychological, and ecological domains. We examined the direct and indirect contributions of these 3 domains to reading comprehension in bilingual learners. Participants included 124…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
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Gottardo, Alexandra; Koh, Poh Wee; Chen, Xi; Jia, Fanli – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
These two studies examined the processes underlying English and Chinese word reading in Chinese-English bilinguals in relation to their experiences with their second language (L2), as determined by length of time in an English-speaking environment. Phonological awareness, morphological awareness and vocabulary measures were administered in English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Immigrants
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Georgiou, George K.; Hirvonen, Riikka; Liao, Chen-Huei; Manolitsis, George; Parrila, Rauno; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
We examined the importance of children's achievement strategies in different literacy outcomes in three languages varying in orthographic consistency: Chinese, English, and Greek. Eighty Chinese-speaking Taiwanese children, 51 English-speaking Canadian children and 70 Greek children were assessed on measures of phonological awareness, rapid…
Descriptors: Spelling, Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills
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Li, Guofang – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2006
Although Chinese has become the third largest mother tongue in both Canada and the USA, Chinese/English biliteracy development has received little attention in educational research. This article explores three Chinese-Canadian first and second graders' biliteracy (Chinese/English reading and writing) and trilingual (Mandarin, Cantonese, and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Chinese, Language Dominance, Immigrants