본문 바로가기
  • Home

The Role of Korean Phonological Processing Skills in English Word Reading and Vocabulary Kowledgeamong Korean Primary School Children

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2004, 17(4), pp.145-157
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Cho, Jeung-Ryeul 1 이강은 1

1경남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the role of Korean phonological processing skills in English word reading and vocabulary knowledge in 6th grade children. The children were tested in Korean syllable and phoneme deletion, English syllable and phoneme deletion, short-term memory span, and naming speed measures, as well as English word reading and vocabulary. Most tasks except naming speed were significantly correlated with English word recognition and vocabulary. In regression analyses, English phoneme and syllable deletion, short-term memory of digit span, and Korean phoneme deletion significantly predicted English word reading; and English and Korean phoneme deletion as well as digit span predicted English vocabulary. These results suggest that Korean phoneme awareness is associated with English word reading and vocabulary knowledge. These findings support the transfer of phonological processing skills from first to second languages.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.