The Role of Phonological Processing in Children from a National-Type Chinese Primary School in Malaysia: Implications for Dyslexia Assessment

Autor/in	Lee, Lay Wah
Titel	The Role of Phonological Processing in Children from a National-Type Chinese Primary School in Malaysia: Implications for Dyslexia Assessment
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 26 (2021) 2, S.167-178 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Lay Wah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-4158
DOI	10.1080/19404158.2021.1995014
Schlagwörter	Phonology; Screening Tests; At Risk Persons; Dyslexia; Foreign Countries; Indonesian Languages; Alphabets; Written Language; Language Processing; Correlation; Second Language Learning; Predictor Variables; Etiology; Grade 1; Elementary School Students; Chinese; Native Language; Literacy; Language Tests; Nonverbal Ability; Reading Processes; Spelling; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Screening-Verfahren; Risikogruppe; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Ausland; Indonesisch; Buchstabenschrift; Geschriebene Sprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Korrelation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Prädiktor; Ätiologie; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; China; Chinesen; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Language test; Sprachtest; Leseprozess; Schreibweise
Abstract	The Malay language writing system is alphabetic and orthographically transparent. This study aimed to determine whether phonological processing skills predict Malay word-level literacy acquisition in Chinese children from a national-type Chinese primary school in Malaysia. A correlational study among 113 Year 1 Chinese children who are non-native speakers of Malay found that phonological awareness was the only significant predictor of Malay word-level literacy acquisition. The prominent role of phonological awareness among the non-native speakers further supports phonological processing deficit as an etiology of word-level literacy difficulties across languages. We conclude that since the non-native speakers rely exclusively on phonological decoding for word-level acquisition, the effect of a phonological deficit would be detrimental. Therefore, the Malay reading-related assessment battery in this study, now validated for both native and non-native speakers can be adapted as a universal early screening tool for detecting Malaysian children at-risk of dyslexia. (As Provided).
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