Phonological Awareness and Morphological Awareness: Differential Associations to Regular and Irregular Word Recognition in Early Korean Hangul Readers

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Title: Phonological Awareness and Morphological Awareness: Differential Associations to Regular and Irregular Word Recognition in Early Korean Hangul Readers
Language: English
Authors: Cho, Jeung-Ryeul, McBride-Chang, Catherine, Park, Soon-Gil
Source: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Apr 2008 21(3):255-274.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2008
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Word Recognition, Reading Skills, Language Processing, Kindergarten, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Models, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education
Geographic Terms: South Korea
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-007-9072-z
ISSN: 0922-4777
Abstract: A large battery of reading related skills were orally administered to 111 4-year old and 118 5-year old Korean kindergartners, who were also tested on reading of regular and irregular Korean Hangul words. In regression equations, speeded naming was uniquely associated with reading of both regular and irregular words. In contrast, only the three measures of phonological awareness at the levels of phoneme onset, coda, and syllable uniquely explained Hangul regular word recognition, whereas only morphological awareness consistently explained irregular word recognition. Results suggest somewhat different cognitive demands for reading of regular and irregular words, based on the dual-route model, in Korean Hangul.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2008
Accession Number: EJ787438
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:A large battery of reading related skills were orally administered to 111 4-year old and 118 5-year old Korean kindergartners, who were also tested on reading of regular and irregular Korean Hangul words. In regression equations, speeded naming was uniquely associated with reading of both regular and irregular words. In contrast, only the three measures of phonological awareness at the levels of phoneme onset, coda, and syllable uniquely explained Hangul regular word recognition, whereas only morphological awareness consistently explained irregular word recognition. Results suggest somewhat different cognitive demands for reading of regular and irregular words, based on the dual-route model, in Korean Hangul.
ISSN:0922-4777
DOI:10.1007/s11145-007-9072-z