Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 57-67.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.01.07

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The Influence of Morphological Awareness and Oral Vocabulary Knowledge on Chinese Children's Reading Ability: A Longitudinal Study

FANG Chenghao1, CHENG Yahua1, WU Xinchun2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211;
    2. Research Center of Children's Reading and Learning, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Published:2019-01-30

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Abstract: This longitudinal study examined whether oral vocabulary knowledge would mediate the association between morphological awareness and reading ability (reading accuracy, reading fluency, and reading comprehension) using a three-year cross-lagged design with a sample of 149 Chinese children. The present results showed that (1) Obvious increases with time were observed in morphological awareness, oral vocabulary knowledge, and reading ability. (2) Morphological awareness at T1 made significant indirect contributions to reading ability at T3 via oral vocabulary knowledge at T2 beyond the auto-regression and the effects of reading-related skills. The results revealed significant indirect effects of morphological awareness on reading ability via oral vocabulary knowledge.

Key words: morphological awareness, reading ability, oral vocabulary knowledge, longitudinal study

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  • G442
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