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Direct linkLau, Carrie; Wang, Ying; Chan, Stephanie W. Y.; Chen, Eva E.; McBride, Catherine; Tse, Shek Kam; Richards, Ben; Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study evaluated the impact of Chinese literacy interventions on Chinese language learning of South Asian children and their mothers in Hong Kong. A total of 44 children and eight of their mothers participated in Chinese literacy interventions that consisted of two approaches -- Copying and Morphological Awareness Training…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Mothers, Foreign Countries
Chan, Lydia L. S.; Sylva, Kathy – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2015
While there have been reviews over the past decade of studies examining second-language (L2) acquisition and also emergent literacy development, these related bodies of knowledge have not generally been considered together in relation to the education of very young English-language learners. This paper attempts to do so in a selective manner by…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Second Language Learning, Environmental Influences, Family Environment
Kam Tse, Shek; Zhu, Yu; Yan Hui, Sau; Ng, Hung Wai – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
The English and Chinese reading proficiency of 1376 Grade 4 students in 24 Hong Kong primary schools were assessed using measures developed for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. Students' parents provided information about home reading activities (HRA) aimed at supporting their children's reading prior to them entering school…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
Yeung, Susanna S.; King, Ronnel B. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The present study explored the home literacy environment for Chinese ESL kindergarteners and examined the relationships between home literacy practices and language and literacy skills. Ninety Hong Kong Chinese ESL kindergarteners were assessed for English vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge and word reading. Their parents…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Expressive Language, Prediction
Ko, Hwa Wei; Chan, Yi Ling – Chinese Education and Society, 2009
This study examined the relationship between students' reading attainment scores and key family environmental factors in Chinese and non-Chinese communities. Six family environmental factors were considered: parents' evaluation of their offspring's early literacy skills, early home literacy activities (EHLA), reading activities involving parents…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, International Studies, Reading Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis
Li, Hui; Corrie, Loraine F.; Wong, Betty Kit Mei – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This study followed 88 children in Beijing and Hong Kong for three years to investigate the relationships between the early teaching of literacy skills and later literacy outcomes. The children were administered the Preschool and Primary Chinese Literacy Scale at the age of five years, and three years later. Their parents and teachers reported on…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Literacy Education
Lau, Jasmine Yuet-Han; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Early Education and Development, 2005
Measures of Chinese character recognition, vocabulary, and interest in reading were administered to 92 second grade children in Hong Kong, while questionnaires on parental literacy practices were administered to their parents. In a hierarchical regression equation, maternal education, children's age and vocabulary skill predicted 18% of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Vocabulary Skills, Self Efficacy
