Cross-Language Transfer of Reading Ability: Evidence from Taiwanese Ninth-Grade Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Chuang, Hui-Kai; Joshi, R. Malatesha; Dixon, L. Quentin
Titel	Cross-Language Transfer of Reading Ability: Evidence from Taiwanese Ninth-Grade Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Literacy Research, 44 (2012) 1, S.97-119 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-296X
DOI	10.1177/1086296X11431157
Schlagwörter	Reading Achievement; Statistical Significance; Foreign Countries; Reading Ability; Mandarin Chinese; Transfer of Training; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Scores; English (Second Language); National Competency Tests; Prediction; Linguistic Theory; Regression (Statistics); Grade 9; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseleistung; Ausland; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Vorhersage; Linguistische Theorie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	How proficiency in reading the first language (L1) influences proficiency in reading in the second language (L2) was explored in this study. Reading scores in Mandarin Chinese (L1) and in English (L2) for 30,000 Taiwanese ninth-grade students were randomly selected from all who took the national Basic Competency Test during a 6-year period in Taiwan. Results of regression analyses showed that proficiency in L1 reading predicts with statistical significance the L2 reading proficiency of those whose scores were analyzed. In addition, participants' gender and school district also played small but statistically significant roles affecting the cross-language transfer of reading ability. The results are discussed in light of Cummins's linguistic interdependence hypothesis. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10