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Different predictive roles of phonological awareness and visual attention span for early character reading fluency in Chinese

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ID10123959
AuthorsChen Huang (0000-0002-1040-5445, Capital Normal University), Ningyu Liu (0000-0002-0015-8495, Capital Normal University), Jing Zhao (0009-0008-1906-5396, Capital Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume148
Issue1
Pages45-66
Publication date2020-01-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.2019.1711356
PMID31916504
OpenAlexW2999389796
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited40

Previous studies have usually explored the possible mechanisms underlying reading fluency separately from either linguistic (e.g., phonological awareness, PA) or basic cognitive (e.g., visual attention span, VAS) levels, but relatively little is known about the systematic relationship between multiple levels of cognitive factors and reading fluency development. Thus, the present study, from a combinative point of view, investigated the relationship between VAS at a basic cognitive level and PA at a high linguistic level and explored their predictive power for reading fluency development a year later through a longitudinal method. PA and VAS were measured in sixty-five Chinese children who had just entered Grade 1 of primary school (Time 1); PA tests included syllabic and phonemic aspects, and VAS was reflected by performance in the visual 1-back task with nonverbal stimuli and no verbal response. Reading fluency was tested at the single-character level at the beginning of Grade 2 (Time 2). The results showed that phoneme awareness could not predict variation in reading fluency, while both syllable awareness and VAS showed significant predictive powers for single-character reading fluency. Additionally, further analysis revealed that the relationship between VAS and later single-character reading fluency was partially mediated by syllable awareness. These findings indicated Chinese language characteristics in the relationship among VAS, PA, and reading fluency. The possible roles of multiple levels of cognitive skills in fluent reading have been further discussed and have implications for the early diagnosis and remediation of reading dysfluency

Audiology · Character (mathematics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Fluency · Linguistics · Phonological awareness · Reading (process · Syllabic verse · Syllable · Verbal fluency test · Child Development and Digital Technology · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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