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To, Carol K. S.; Cheung, Pamela S. P.; McLeod, Sharynne – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: This study investigated children's acquisition of Hong Kong Cantonese. Method: Participants were 1,726 children ages 2;4 to 12;4 (years;months). Single-word speech samples were collected to examine 4 measures: initial consonants, final consonants, vowels/diphthongs, and lexical tones. A 2-way analysis of variance was performed to examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Language Acquisition, Sino Tibetan Languages
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McBride-Chang, Catherine; Kail, Robert V. – Child Development, 2002
Compared reading development among kindergartners in Hong Kong and the United States using measures of word recognition, phonological awareness, speeded naming, visual spatial skill, and processing speed. Found that models of early reading development were similar across cultures. The strongest predictor of reading was phonological awareness.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, English