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Siok, Wai Ting; Fletcher, Paul – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Examined role of phonological awareness and visual-orthographic skills in Chinese reading acquisition among first, second, third, and fifth graders who had learned the Hanyu Pinyin script. Found that visual skills predicted reading success at lower grades; pinyin knowledge and ability to discriminate homophonic characters predicted reading success…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Chinese, Foreign Countries