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Zhang, Haomin; Pei, Zhenxia – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
This study explored the role of word knowledge dimensions in second language (L2) word-meaning inference. College-level L2 learners (N = 121) participated in this study and completed a series of word knowledge tests including vocabulary size, word associates, morpheme-form knowledge, morpheme-meaning knowledge, morpheme discrimination, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Inferences, Vocabulary Development
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Zhang, Haomin; Lin, Jiexin – Educational Psychology, 2021
The study aimed to examine the relationship between morphological knowledge and reading comprehension ability among college-level English as a foreign language (EFL) students. One hundred and twenty-one students participated in this study and they completed two morphological knowledge measures (morpheme-form knowledge and morpheme-meaning…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Zhang, Haomin; Koda, Keiko – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study explored the role of early oral language in reading development among adult heritage language (HL) learners to provide insights into the possible developmental pattern of HL reading development. One hundred and ninety-five English-speaking Chinese HL (CHL) students participated in this study. They completed a language background survey…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Heritage Education, Morphology (Languages), Language Role
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Zhang, Haomin; Koda, Keiko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This exploratory study aimed to examine whether early exposure to Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) provides facilitation in word-knowledge development in collegiate CHL learners by comparing word-level subskills, including oral vocabulary knowledge, print vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, and lexical inferencing ability, between…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Chinese, Heritage Education
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Zhang, Haomin; Koda, Keiko – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
The study aimed to explore cross-linguistic contributions of morphological awareness to Chinese reading acquisition among Chinese heritage language (CHL) learners who had grown up speaking Chinese at home, received English medium education throughout schooling, and were studying Chinese at the time of the study. The sample thus represents a…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, English (Second Language)