Dialogic Reading and Morphology Training in Chinese Children: Effects on Language and Literacy

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 233-244

  Chow, Bonnie Wing Yin ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Cheung, Him ^a   Chow, Celia Sze Lok ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

character recognition; dialogic reading; morphological training; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SPEECH; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NARRATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; READING; SPEECH; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 38749151517     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.233     Document Type: Article

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