Reading research quarterly, 2014-04, Vol.49 (2), p.251-261
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- The Role of Acculturation in Reading a Second Language: Its Relation to English Literacy Skills in Immigrant Chinese Adolescents
- Ist Teil von
- Reading research quarterly, 2014-04, Vol.49 (2), p.251-261
- Ort / Verlag
- Newark: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Quelle
- ERIC
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The main purpose of this study was to bridge the gap between the literature on cognitive variables related to English literacy learning skills, as suggested by the simple view of reading, and the literature on sociocultural variables, specifically acculturation. The sample consisted of 94 Chinese immigrant adolescents from grades 7-12 in Waterloo Region in and the metropolitan Toronto area of Ontario, Canada. Acculturation was measured by a questionnaire. Literacy skills, including vocabulary, reading fluency, and reading comprehension, were assessed individually using standardized tests. Hierarchical regression analyses reveal that degrees of acculturation to Canadian culture positively predicted English literacy skills after controlling for length of residence in Canada. Interestingly, acculturation explained unique variance in reading beyond variables in the simple view of reading, suggesting the independent contribution of sociocultural factors to second-language reading in adolescent English learners.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0034-0553eISSN: 1936-2722DOI: 10.1002/rrq.69Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1537583845
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Acculturation, Adolescence, Adolescents, Asians, Chinese languages, Cognitive, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive models, Comprehension, Correlation, culture (C1, Enculturation, English (Second Language), English as a second language, English as a second language learning, English for speakers of other languages, English language, English language learners, English language learners, English learners, English as a second language, English for speakers of other languages, English learners, etc, First, First, second, etc., culture (C1, C2, etc.), First, second, etc., language (L1, L2,etc.), Fluency, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Intelligence Tests, language (L1, Language acquisition, Language learners, Learning motivation, Length of residency, Likert Scales, Listening Skills, Literacy, Literary criticism, Metropolitan Areas, Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Noncitizens, Prediction, Questionnaires, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests, Regression analysis, second, Second Language Learning, Second-language reading, Secondary education, Secondary School Students, Sociocultural, Sociocultural factors, Sociocultural Patterns, Standardized Tests, Student Attitudes, Teenagers, Theoretical perspectives, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary