Summary of “Parent-child reading in English as a second language Effects on language and literacy development of Chinese kindergarteners” 英语论文

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1、Summaryof“Parent-childreadinginEnglishasasecondlanguage:EffectsonlanguageandliteracydevelopmentofChinesekindergarteners”Parent-childreading,asanidealhomeactivitytodevelopchildren’sfirstlanguageandliteracyacquisition,hasbeenexploredinmanyaspects,includingvocabulary,orallanguagecomplexityandrea

2、dingskills.However,fewstudiesfocusedonthecausallinksbetweenparent-childreadingandchildren’ssecond-languagedevelopment.Therefore,Chow’sstudyaimedtoinvestigatethepossibleeffectsofparent-childreadingonlanguageandliteracydevelopmentinEnglish,especiallyinaforeign-languagecontext,wheretheforeignlan

3、guageisonlylearnedforeducation,butnotusedindailycommunication.Comparedwithparents’straightreading,thedialogicreadingtechniquerequireschildren’sactiveparticipationincommunicationinthehomeliteracyactivity.Thepositiveeffectsofdialogicreadingonchildren’sfirst-languageskills,suchasvocabularyandlit

4、eracyskills,havebeennoticedandprovedinthepaststudies.Consequently,thesimilarinfluencesofdialogicreadingwereexpectedonsecond-languageacquisition.Besides,Chowhypothesizedthatchildren’sphonologicaldifferentialabilitywouldbeenhancedwiththeirgrowthofvocabularyandlongexposuretothesecondlanguagewasa

5、lsotestedinthestudy.Furthermore,previousstudieshavesuggestedthatcross-linguistictransfermayoverlaporenhancethefirst-andsecond-languagelearninginsomeaspects.ThisstudyaimedtoprovidetheempiricalevidencetothepossibilityoflinguistictransferfromEnglishasasecondlanguage6toChineseasafirstlanguage.Fif

6、ty-oneHongKongChinesechildrenwerechosenasthesubjectsduetothefactthatthemajorityofHongKongschoolstendtoemphasizeEnglishlearninginprint.EventhoughHongKongchildrenmaybeginEnglishstudyatrelativelyearlyages,theystilllacktheopportunityandabilityindailycommunication.Thestudymightpresentagoodmethodto

7、educatorsandparentstoimprovechildren’soralEnglishathome.Inthe12-weekinterventionprogramme,fifty-oneHongKong3rd-yearkindergartnersofnormalintelligence,withthesimilarfamilysituations(includingparentaleducationattainment,monthlyincomeandparent’s