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Publication details [#57699]

Yeung, Pui-sze, Connie Suk-han Ho, David Wai-ock Chan and Kevin Kien-hoa Chung. 2013. Contribution of Oral Language Skills, Linguistic Skills, and Transcription Skills to Chinese Written Composition Among Fourth-Grade Students. Discourse Processes 50 (7) : 498–529.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

orality | spelling | standard1 vs. dialect2 | syntactic process | writing

Language as a subject

Chinese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study explores whether the Chinese written composition of Grade 4 students in Hong Kong is significantly affected by oral language skills (including Cantonese dialect), linguistic skills (i.e., syntactic and discourse skills), and transcription skills (i.e., spelling).