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Wong, Yu Ka; Zang, Xuan; Inoue, Tomohiro – Journal of Research in Reading, 2023
Background: Using a 1-year longitudinal design, we evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention programme to improve reading attainments among Chinese-as-a-second-language (CSL) learners. Using the simple view of reading as a theoretical framework, the intervention focused on students' orthographic knowledge, word reading and listening…
Descriptors: Chinese, Intervention, Language Skills, Second Language Learning
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Smyser, Heather; Alt, Mary – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Background: We used two principles of implicit learning, variability and complexity, to train mental orthographic representations in refugee English learners to improve spelling. Methods: Twenty-eight refugees enrolled in a 10-week English class were trained on classroom words using stimuli designed to encourage implicit learning. We contrasted…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Refugees, Spelling, Stimuli
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Yum, Yen Na; Law, Sam-Po; Lee, Cheuk Fung; Shum, Mark Shiu Kee – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Efficient Chinese character reading requires rapid access to orthographic representations of radical form and position. This study identified the temporal sequence of radical form, radical position and lexicality processing in adult first language (L1) and intermediate second language (L2) Chinese readers. Event-related potential responses in a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Orthographic Symbols
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Li, Chuchu; Wang, Min; Davis, Joshua A.; Guan, Connie Qun – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
The present study investigated the representation and processing of segmental and tonal information in visual Chinese word recognition in native and non-native Chinese readers. Two experiments using homophone judgement paradigm were conducted. When judging two Chinese characters (Experiment 1), both groups showed difficulties when the segmental…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Intonation, Word Recognition, Chinese
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Deacon, S. Helene; Wade-Woolley, Lesly; Kirby, John R. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
This study examines whether orthographic processing transfers across languages to reading when the writing systems under acquisition are sufficiently related. We conducted a study with 76 7-year-old English-first-language children in French immersion. Measures of English and French orthographic processing (orthographic choice tasks) and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, French, Nonverbal Ability, English