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Cross-language Transfer of Morphological Awareness and Its Relations with Reading and Writing in Korean and English

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2015, 28(2), pp.89-105
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Ji Youn Kim 1 김상미 2 Cho, Jeung-Ryeul 1

1경남대학교
2신진초등학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated cross-language transfer from Korean morphological awareness to English, and the relationship between morphological awareness and word reading and writing in Korean Hangul and English, among Korean 5th graders. The results show that Korean morphological awareness contributed to English morphological awareness over and above English vocabulary. Specifically, derivational and compound awareness in Korean uniquely explained derivational awareness in English, and Korean compound awareness explained English compound awareness. In addition, English morphological awareness contributed to Hangul reading and writing over and above Korean vocabulary and morphological awareness. The final beta values indicate that English derivational awareness independently explained significant variance in reading and writing in both Korean and English. In addition, Korean derivational awareness explained English reading, and Korean compound awareness explained Hangul writing. Our results suggest that morphological awareness transfers from Korean to English, and that derivational awareness is important in reading and writing in both Korean and English.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.