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The Unique Role of Executive Function Skills in Predicting Hong Kong Kindergarteners' Reading Comprehension
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Liu, Yingyi; Sun, Huilin; Lin, Dan; Li, Hong; Yeung, Susanna Siu-sze; Wong, Terry Tin-Yau – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Word reading and linguistic comprehension skills are two crucial components in reading comprehension, according to the Simple View of Reading (SVR). Some researchers have posited that a third component should be involved in reading and understanding texts, namely executive function (EF) skills. Aim: This study was novel in two ways.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten, Executive Function
Mother-Child Joint Writing in Chinese Kindergarteners: Metalinguistic Awareness, Maternal Mediation and Literacy Acquisition
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Lin, Dan; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Aram, Dorit; Levin, Iris – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
The present study examined the relations of Chinese word reading and writing to both maternal mediation of writing and a number of metalinguistic and cognitive skills in 63 Hong Kong Chinese kindergarteners. The whole process of maternal mediation of writing, in which mothers individually facilitated their children's writing of 12 two-character…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Mothers, Metalinguistics, Phonological Awareness