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McBride-Chang, Catherine; Suk-Han Ho, Connie – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005
Ninety Chinese children were tested once at age 4 and again 22 months later on phonological-processing and other reading skills. Chinese phonological-processing skills alone modestly predicted Chinese character recognition, and English letter-name knowledge uniquely predicted reading of both Chinese and English 2 years later. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Word Recognition, Reading Skills, Invented Spelling