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- Title
Transfer of Phonological Awareness from Thai to English among Grade-Three Students in Thailand.
- Authors
Wei, Michael; Zhou, Yalun
- Abstract
Phonological awareness is a powerful predictor of success in reading and spelling (Chiappe, Siegel, & Gottardo, 2002; Perfetti, Beck, Bell, & Hughes, 1987; Snider, 1997). While there have been many empirical studies investigating the scope of phonological awareness transfer from alphabetic native languages (e.g., Spanish) and from non-alphabetic native languages with Romanized phonetic symbols (Chinese), there has been no research exploring phonological transfer from the Thai language. The current study fills this research gap by investigating the relationship between phonological awareness and reading ability in English and in Thai among 424 third-grade students in the nine northern provinces of Thailand. The research results provide empirical evidence of transfer from a non-alphabetic native language, namely Thai, to English. Instructional insights that contribute to the field of phonological awareness in native language reading instruction are also provided.
- Subjects
PHONOLOGY -- Study &; teaching; READING (Elementary); ORTHOGRAPHY &; spelling; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in elementary schools; THAI language; TEACHING methods research; EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY education
- Publication
Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1533-242X
- Publication type
Article