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Direct linkYaping Liu; Choo Mui Cheong; Rex Hung Wai Ng; Shek Kam Tse – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Previous research on cross-linguistic transfer has provided evidence about the transfer of reading performance and strategies. However, little knowledge exists regarding how motivational factors (e.g. self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation [IM], extrinsic motivation [EM]) transfer and how they facilitate the transfer of reading from the first…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Transfer of Training, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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
Gu, Yi-xin; Lau, Kit-ling – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Reading is a complex task that requires cognitive and emotional engagement. The integrated instruction approach, incorporating strategy instruction and literature circles, was developed to improve Chinese students' reading comprehension, reading motivation, and strategy use in reading fiction books. The current study adopted a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Cheung, Wai Ming; Huang, Yanli; Tsang, Hector W. H. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Hong Kong attained champion of the PIRLS 2011 that aroused keen interest in understanding the underlying reasons of a non-alphabetic language. The study aimed at unravelling various aspects of the student and home factors which contributed to remarkable Chinese reading performance. Totally 3,875 students from 132 primary schools completed the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Structural Equation Models
Lin, Dan; Wong, Ka Ki; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
One hundred four Hong Kong Chinese fifth graders completed a questionnaire on eight separate motivational subscales related to reading separately for Chinese as a first language (L1) and English as a foreign language (EFL) in addition to measures of both Chinese and English reading comprehension. Motivations related to self-efficacy, curiosity,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation, Bilingual Students, Chinese
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
