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The role of phonological and orthographic awareness in learning to read among Grade 1 and 2 students in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2017

CHUNG-HUI HSUAN ,
HENRY J. TSAI  and
RHONA STAINTHORP
CHUNG-HUI HSUAN
Affiliation:
National Chiayi University
HENRY J. TSAI*
Affiliation:
Asia University
RHONA STAINTHORP
Affiliation:
University of Reading
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Henry J. Tsai, Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taiwan. E-mail: henrytsai@asia.edu.tw
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Abstract

The role of phonological and orthographic awareness on Chinese character reading from Grade 1 to 2 was investigated with 112 Taiwanese children. Phonological awareness (onset, rime, and tone), rudimentary orthographic awareness (character configuration and structure knowledge), and character reading were assessed in each grade. The strategy of learning to read novel characters using regular or sophisticated orthography-to-phonology correspondence rules or character mapping was tested in Grade 2. Our results suggested that (a) phonological and orthographic awarenesses are important in Grade 1, and tone awareness in Grade 1 uniquely predicts character reading in Grade 2; and (b) the use of sophisticated orthography-to-phonology correspondence rules and mapping strategy are crucial for character reading in Grades 1 and 2. In addition, phonological and rudimentary orthographic awarenesses are important for using sophisticated orthographic strategy when learning to read novel characters.

Keywords

character readingmapping strategyorthographic awarenessorthography to phonology correspondencephonological awareness
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 117 - 143
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