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The Unique Contribution of Vocabulary in the Reading Development of English as a Foreign Language
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Krepel, Alexander; de Bree, Elise H.; Mulder, Evelien; van den Ven, Marco; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo; de Jong, Peter F. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
The opaque English orthography complicates learning to read, as irregular words, such as the word "pint," cannot be Addread accurately by decoding. Studies with first language (L1) English children show that vocabulary facilitates word reading, especially in the case of irregular words. It is unclear whether this influence of vocabulary…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Vocabulary, Second Language Instruction, Grade 7
Analytic Visual Word Recognition among Chinese L2 Learners
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Jiang, Nan; Feng, Lijuan – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
The process of word recognition can be analytic (or serial) or holistic (or parallel). They differ in the size of the processing units (lexical vs. sublexical) or in whether sublexical units are processed sequentially or simultaneously. First language (L1) reading development has been found to involve a transition from serial processing to…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Language Processing, Chinese, Second Language Learning
Role of Decoding Competence in the Chinese Reading Comprehension Development of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong
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Wong, Yu Ka – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
This study examines the development of the reading comprehension of young learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL) in Hong Kong, with reference to the Simple View of Reading model. The model postulates that reading comprehension is a product of decoding and linguistic comprehension. A sample of 121 ethnic minority senior primary students was…
Descriptors: Role, Decoding (Reading), Chinese, Second Language Learning
State-of-the-Art Article: The Role and Importance of Lower-Level Processes in Second Language Reading
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Nassaji, Hossein – Language Teaching, 2014
This article examines current research on the role and importance of lower-level processes in second language (L2) reading. The focus is on word recognition and its subcomponent processes, including various phonological and orthographic processes. Issues related to syntactic and semantic processes and their relationship with word recognition are…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Reading Skills, Word Recognition, Phonology
First-Language Longitudinal Predictors of Second-Language Literacy in Young L2 Learners
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Shum, Kathy Kar-man; Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Siegel, Linda S.; Au, Terry Kit-fong – Reading Research Quarterly, 2016
Can young students' early reading abilities in their first language (L1) predict later literacy development in a second language (L2)? The cross-language relationships between Chinese (L1) and English (L2) among 87 Hong Kong students were explored in a longitudinal study. Chinese word-reading fluency, Chinese rapid digit naming, and Chinese rhyme…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Literacy
Character Reading Fluency, Word Segmentation Accuracy, and Reading Comprehension in L2 Chinese
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Shen, Helen H.; Jiang, Xin – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
This study investigated the relationships between lower-level processing and general reading comprehension among adult L2 (second-language) beginning learners of Chinese, in both target and non-target language learning environments. Lower-level processing in Chinese reading includes the factors of character-naming accuracy, character-naming speed,…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Form Classes (Languages), Personality, Second Language Learning