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Peer reviewedHuang, H. S.; Hanley, J. Richard – Cognition, 1995
Examined the relationship between phonological awareness and reading skills in eight-year olds from Britain, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Found that performance of Chinese children on phonological tests was not significantly related to their reading ability, in contrast to performance of English children, whose results continued to show a significant…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cross Cultural Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedJackson, Nancy Ewald; Lu, Wen-Hui – Roeper Review, 1992
This paper describes the home and school experiences of 12 children from bilingual (mostly Chinese/English) homes who, before beginning first grade, demonstrated advanced ability to comprehend written English. Results demonstrate that lack of fluency in oral English should not exclude children from advanced instruction in reading. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Chinese, Early Experience
