Chinese Children's Reading Acquisition

by Li, Wenling; Gaffney, Janet S.; Packard, Jerome Lee

• ISBN13: 9780792375432
• ISBN10: 0792375432
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Published research and conference presentations on the Chinese language in the last decade have tended to focus on adult language processing. This book provides a comprehensive resource for the critical discussion of major issues in learning to read Chinese from a child acquisition perspective. The combined contributions from researchers in Asian studies, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, cognitive psychology, reading, and education inform international comparative studies of literacy by making apparent the features of the Chinese culture, language, writing system, and pedagogy that may facilitate or impede the acquisition of literacy.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Learning to Read
Current Issues in Learning to Read Chinese	3	(14)
Ovid J. L. Tzeng
Children's Early Understanding of Writing and Language: The Impact of Characters and Alphabetic Orthographies	17	(22)
Kevin F. Miller
Discussion: Translations and Transitions in Learning to Read31	31	(8)
Houcan Zhang
Part II: Role of metalinguistic awareness in Chinese reading
Phonological Awareness in Chinese Reading	39	(20)
Insup Taylor
The Role Of Morphological Awareness in Learning to Read Chinese	59	(28)
William E. Nagy
Amy Kuo-Kealoha
Xinchun Wu
Wenling Li
Richard C. Anderson
Xi Chen
Facets of Metalinguistic Awareness that Contribute to Chinese Literacy	87	(28)
Wenling Li
Richard C. Anderson
William Nagy
Houcan Zhang
Discussion: Metalinguistic Awareness as a Critical Construct	107	(8)
Jerome L. Packard
Part III: Wide reading and the development of Chinese literacy
Book-Based Programs in Developing Countries	115	(16)
Warwick B. Elley
Shared-Book Reading in China	131	(26)
Richard C. Anderson
Janet S. Gaffney
Xinchun Wu
Chiung-Chu Wang
Wenling Li
Hua Shu
William E. Nagy
Xiaojie Ming
Morphological Instruction and Teacher Training	157	(18)
Xinchun Wu
Richard C. Anderson
Wenling Li
Xi Chen
Xiangzhi Meng
Children's Literature in the People's Republic of China: Its Purposes and Genres	175	(32)
Belinda Yun-Ying Louie
Douglas H. Louie
Discussion: Supporting the Reading Instruction and Learning of Chinese Children	195	(12)
Rebecca Barr
Part IV: Factors in Home Literacy
The Role of Home-Literacy Environment in Learning to Read Chinese	207	(18)
Hua Shu
Wenling Li
Richard Anderson
Yu-Min Ku
Xuan Yue
Writing Systems and Learning to Read in a Second Language	225	(32)
Keiko Koda
Discussion: Variables Associated with Learning to Read in Chinese	249	(8)
Erica McClure
Author Index	257	(6)
Subject Index	263