The Relationship Between Orthographic Awareness and Chinese Reading in Hong Kong’s Young CSL Learners

Purpose:This study investigates young Chinese as a second language(CSL)learners’Chinese character reading performance and its relationship with their orthographic awareness.There is a pressing need to gain a better understanding of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students’CSL acquisition,so that more effective instruction can be provided.Design/Approach/Methods:A total of 157 Hong Kong ethnic minority CSL students in Grade 4 were evaluated using a range of assessments:orthographic awareness in identifying and utilizing character components,listening comprehension for vocabulary terms and short texts,and reading Chinese character lists with single-and two-character words.Findings:The students performed consistently across the two lists but made fewer errors when reading the two-character word list,most of which were orthographical.Multiple regression analysis showed that the students’orthographic awareness contributed significantly to their character reading.Originality/Value:The findings suggest that orthographic awareness can help ethnic minority CSL learners improve their Chinese character reading skills.Chinese classes provided for such students,and for CSL learners in general,should place greater focus on literacy training.

Hong kong's Economy During the First Year of Return

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ON BRITISH LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S HONG KONG POLICY

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Asia's Top Fashion Industry Events Open in Hong Kong International Talent on Hand for Fashion Week and World Boutique

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Chinese Nation Joins in Jubilation for Hong Kong's Return

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AN 82-member Hong Kong chorus recently held a concert in Beijing to express their happiness at Hong Kong’s return to China. The Hong Kong Arts Chorus entitled their concert, "When the wind sweeps through, paddy fields produce fragrance to merge both banks--hail the return of Hong Kong." The verse which the chorus had adopted as the title of their concert in Beijing comes from a well-known song on the mainland,"My Motherland." By adopting this

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The sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),also known as‘the Sixth Plenum’,was successfully held in Beijing from 8 to 11 November 2021.It passed a historic resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC over the past 100 years and set forth the direction of China’s development in the next few decades.This paper aims to analyse the conclusions reached in the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC and discuss its economic implications for the Hong Kong SAR.

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