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Jinger Pan; Catherine McBride; Joyce Lok Yin Kwan; Hua Shu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
While it has been shown that socioeconomic status (SES) is important for children's literacy development in their first language (L1), less is known about its association with reading in a second language (L2). The present study examined the different effects of SES on the acquisition of reading in Chinese as L1 and English as L2 from ages 7 to…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Socioeconomic Status
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Liu, Nina; Wang, Xia; Yan, Guoli; Paterson, Kevin B.; Pagán, Ascensión – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
The frequency and contextual predictability of words have a fundamental role in determining "where" and "when" the eyes move during reading in both alphabetic and non-alphabetic languages. However, surprising little is known about the how the influence of these variables develops, although this is important for understanding…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Chinese, Alphabets, Word Frequency
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Liu, Sisi; Wang, Li-Chih; Liu, Duo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: There is emerging evidence that individuals with developmental dyslexia show deficits in visual-spatial attention. This study focused on visual searches and examined whether visual search deficits would be found in Chinese children with dyslexia. More importantly, we examined the associations between dyslexia and distinct types of…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Intelligence Quotient, Comparative Analysis, Nonverbal Ability