Speech Perception, Metalinguistic Awareness, Reading, and Vocabulary in Chinese-English Bilingual Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 367-380

  Cheung, Him ^a   Chung, Kevin Kien Hoa ^b   Wong, Simpson Wai Lap ^c   McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Penney, Trevor Bruce ^d   Ho, Connie Suk Han ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bilingual reading; Morphological awareness; Phonological awareness; Transfer; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955028131     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017850     Document Type: Article

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