Chinese children's reading acquisition : theoretical and pedagogical issues /

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Li, Wenling, 1963- (Editor), Gaffney, Janet S. (Editor), Packard, Jerome Lee, 1951- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Current issues in learning to read Chinese / Ovid J.L. Tzeng
  • Children's early understanding of writing and language : the impact of characters and alphabetic orthographies / Kevin F. Miller
  • Translations and transitions in learning to read / Zhang Houcan
  • Phonological awareness in Chinese reading / Insup Taylor
  • The role of morphological awareness in learning to read Chinese / William E. Nagy, Amy Kuo-Kealoha, Wu Xinchun, Li Wenling, Richard C. Anderson, and Chen Xi
  • Facets of metalinguistic awareness that contribute to Chinese literacy / Li Wenling, Richard C. Anderson, William Nagy, Zhang Houcan
  • Metalinguistic awareness as a critical construct / Jerome L. Packard
  • Book-based programs in developing countries / Warwick B. Elley
  • Shared-book reading in China / Richard C. Anderson, Janet S. Gaffney, Wu Xinchun, Wang Chiung-Chu, Li Wenling, Shu Hua, William E. Nagy, Ming Xiaojie
  • Morphological instruction and teacher training / Wu Xinchun, Richard C. Anderson, Li Wenling, Chen Xi, Meng Xiangzhi
  • Children's literature in the People's Republic of China : its purposes and genres / Belinda Yun-Ying Louie, Douglas H. Louie
  • Supporting the reading instruction and learning of Chinese children / Rebecca Barr
  • The role of home-literacy environment in learning to read Chinese / Shu Hua, Li Wenling, Richard Anderson, Ku Yu-Min, Yue Xuan
  • Writing systems and learning to read in a second language / Koda Keiko
  • Variables associated with learning to read in Chinese / Erica McClure.