ERIC Number: EJ1374231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-6905
EISSN: EISSN-1753-6555
Relations of Vocabulary and Cognitive Skills with Reading Performance of North Korean Students in South Korean Schools
Jang, Jeongsuk; Parrila, Rauno; Inoue, Tomohiro
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, v52 n1 p241-259 Feb 2023
We examined if North (n = 123) and South Korean (n = 123) children in Grades 3 to 8 studying in South Korea differ in their reading, vocabulary, and literacy-related cognitive skills, and whether language and literacy-related skills contribute to reading outcomes differently among North and South Korean children. The results showed that South Korean students performed better in syllable deletion, RAN-Letters, vocabulary, decoding fluency, and reading comprehension after controlling for age and SES. No differences were observed in phonological awareness, RAN-Digits, and visual processing tasks. A multigroup path analysis showed that phonological awareness and vocabulary were more strongly associated with decoding fluency for the South than the North Korean students, whereas the opposite was true for visual processing. The results suggest that South Korean vocabulary knowledge may be a significant factor in addressing the academic difficulties facing North Korean children in South Korean schools and that it is important to consider linguistic characteristics when examining the variations in reading skills and vocabulary knowledge of North Korean students in South Korean schools. These findings have implications for North Korean children's literacy instruction in South Korean schools.
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Literacy Education, Language Variation, Korean, Comparative Analysis, Reading Skills, Immigrants
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Korea; South Korea
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