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Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences: Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages
Edited by Hye K. Pae
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 7] 2018
► pp. 73–98

Chapter 4
How do phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and vocabulary knowledge relate to word reading within and between English and Chinese?

We discuss the cross-language relationships of phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and vocabulary in the context of English and Chinese and also how these three constructs are related to word reading within and between the two languages. We focused on a series of studies that have examined Chinese and English monolinguals, as well as Chinese-English bilinguals. Research supports the contributions of phonological awareness and morphological awareness to reading in English and Chinese, as well as across the two languages. Findings pertaining to vocabulary, however, have been mixed. The review of research here suggests the need to further investigate the inter-relations among subcomponents of phonological awareness and morphological awareness as well as how different aspects of vocabulary knowledge relate to word reading.

Keywords: phonological awareness, morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, cross-language transfer, word reading, Chinese-English bilinguals
Article outline
  • Characteristics of the Chinese language and writing system
  • Phonological awareness
    • Development of phonological awareness in Chinese
    • Phonological awareness in reading Chinese
    • Phonological awareness in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals
    • Cross-language transfer of phonological awareness in Chinese-English bilinguals
  • Morphological awareness
    • Development of morphological awareness in Chinese
    • Morphological awareness in reading Chinese
    • Morphological awareness in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals
    • Cross-language transfer of morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilinguals
  • Vocabulary
    • Development of vocabulary knowledge
    • Vocabulary knowledge in reading Chinese
    • Vocabulary knowledge in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals
    • Cross-language transfer of vocabulary knowledge in Chinese-English bilinguals
  • Conclusions and future directions
  • References
Published online: 10 July 2018
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