How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis
This study aimed to investigate the effect of reading components (including Chinese character knowledge, morphological knowledge, vocabulary knowledge, grammar knowledge, and lexical inference) on the reading comprehension of 44 Malaysian child learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). Measur...
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2023
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| author | Zhong, Kai Wong, Ling Yann Yong, Mei Fung Ng, Boon Sim |
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| description | This study aimed to investigate the effect of reading components (including Chinese character knowledge, morphological knowledge, vocabulary knowledge, grammar knowledge, and lexical inference) on the reading comprehension of 44 Malaysian child learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). Measures of Chinese character knowledge, morphological knowledge, receptive vocabulary, vocabulary synonym, lexical inference, word order, grammatical judgment, and reading comprehension were used. Drawing upon ridge regression, the study found that grammar knowledge (measured by word order and grammatical judgment) had the largest effect on reading comprehension, followed by morphological knowledge and vocabulary knowledge (measured by receptive vocabulary and vocabulary synonym). Lexical inference and Chinese character knowledge had the least effects on reading comprehension. The findings of the study are discussed with pedagogical implications and future research suggestions. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1082032024-09-23T01:52:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108203/ How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis Zhong, Kai Wong, Ling Yann Yong, Mei Fung Ng, Boon Sim This study aimed to investigate the effect of reading components (including Chinese character knowledge, morphological knowledge, vocabulary knowledge, grammar knowledge, and lexical inference) on the reading comprehension of 44 Malaysian child learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). Measures of Chinese character knowledge, morphological knowledge, receptive vocabulary, vocabulary synonym, lexical inference, word order, grammatical judgment, and reading comprehension were used. Drawing upon ridge regression, the study found that grammar knowledge (measured by word order and grammatical judgment) had the largest effect on reading comprehension, followed by morphological knowledge and vocabulary knowledge (measured by receptive vocabulary and vocabulary synonym). Lexical inference and Chinese character knowledge had the least effects on reading comprehension. The findings of the study are discussed with pedagogical implications and future research suggestions. De Gruyter Mouton 2023 Article PeerReviewed Zhong, Kai and Wong, Ling Yann and Yong, Mei Fung and Ng, Boon Sim (2023) How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 12 (1). pp. 65-89. ISSN 2193-2263; ESSN: 2193-2271 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/caslar-2023-0003/html 10.1515/caslar-2023-0003 |
| spellingShingle | Zhong, Kai Wong, Ling Yann Yong, Mei Fung Ng, Boon Sim How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title | How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title_full | How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title_fullStr | How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title_short | How do the component skills affect Chinese FL reading comprehension? A study based on ridge regression analysis |
| title_sort | how do the component skills affect chinese fl reading comprehension a study based on ridge regression analysis |
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