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Tsung, Linda T. H.; Zhang, Lubei; Hau, Kit Tai; Leong, Che Kan – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2017
Two groups of 12-year-old ethnic minority (EM) users of alphasyllabary (66 Tibetan and 45 Yi) were compared with 42 Han Chinese students in comprehending Chinese narrative and expository texts, each with inferential questions requiring short open-ended written answers. Three constructs (verbal working memory, orthographic and sentential…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Chinese, Orthographic Symbols, Syntax
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Guan, Connie Qun; Ye, Feifei; Meng, Wanjin; Leong, Che Kan – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
We studied the performance in three genres of Chinese written composition (narration, exposition, and argumentation) of 158 grade 4, 5, and 6 poor Chinese text comprehenders compared with 156 good Chinese text comprehenders. We examined text comprehension and written composition relationship. Verbal working memory (verbal span working memory and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Writing (Composition)