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The Relationships among Children’s Home Literacy Activities, Early Literacy Acquisition and their Performance on Chinese Lesson in Grade One

CHEN Xiao1, ZHOU Hui2, ZHAO Jin-dong2   

  1. 1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus, Zhuhai 519085;
    2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Sun Yat-Sim University, Guangzhou 510275
  • Online:2010-05-15 Published:2010-05-15

Abstract: This study investigated the relationships among children's early home literacy activities,early literacy acquisition and their later reading performances at school.The results showed that only informal home literacy activities predicted children's oral vocabulary significantly.In contrast,only formal home literacy activities predicted children's Chinese character recognition significantly.Children's Chinese character recognition prior to primary school instruction predicted both of children's first and second semester Chinese exam scores and their performance on the Chinese lessons significantly.Home literacy activities failed to predict children Chinese exam scores and performance after controlling for other factors.

Key words: home literacy activities, oral vocabulary, Chinese character recognition, reading performance at school

CLC Number: 

  • G442
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