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Spelling as a Way to Classify Poor Chinese-English Literacy Skills in Hong Kong Chinese Children
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Cheah, Zebedee Rui En; Ye, Yanyan; Lui, Kelvin Fai Hong; McBride, Catherine; Maurer, Urs – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
Previous work has predominantly focused on word reading in studying literacy difficulties; very little work has focused on spelling difficulty instead. The present study adopted spelling (dictation) as the criterion to classify poor literacy skills in Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. We examined the cognitive-linguistic skills…
Descriptors: Spelling, Bilingualism, Chinese, English
The Cognitive-Linguistic Profiles and Academic Performances of Chinese Children with Dyslexia across Cultures: Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei
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Dora Jue Pan; Xiangzhi Meng; Jun Ren Lee; Melody Chi Yi Ng; Catherine McBride – Annals of Dyslexia, 2024
This study examined the cognitive-linguistic and literacy-related correlates of dyslexia in three Chinese cities and the English word reading and mathematics performances of Chinese children with dyslexia. Chinese children with/without dyslexia were measured with an equivalent test battery of literacy and mathematics in Beijing, Hong Kong, and…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Correlation, Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence
Beyond Phonological and Morphological Processing: Pure Copying as a Marker of Dyslexia in Chinese but Not Poor Reading of English
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Kalindi, Sylvia Chanda; McBride, Catherine; Tong, Xiuhong; Wong, Natalie Lok Lee; Chung, Kien Hoa Kevin; Lee, Chia-Ying – Annals of Dyslexia, 2015
To examine cognitive correlates of dyslexia in Chinese and reading difficulties in English as a foreign language, a total of 14 Chinese dyslexic children (DG), 16 poor readers of English (PE), and 17 poor readers of both Chinese and English (PB) were compared to a control sample (C) of 17 children, drawn from a statistically representative sample…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Writing and Their Relations to Language and Reading
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Olson, Richard K.; Hulslander, Jacqueline; Christopher, Micaela; Keenan, Janice M.; Wadsworth, Sally J.; Willcutt, Erik G.; Pennington, Bruce F.; DeFries, John C. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
Identical and fraternal twins (N = 540, age 8 to 18 years) were tested on three different measures of writing (Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement--Writing Samples and Writing Fluency; Handwriting Copy from the Group Diagnostic Reading and Aptitude Achievement Tests), three different language skills (phonological awareness, rapid naming, and…
Descriptors: Measurement, Achievement Tests, Genetics, Word Recognition