Chinese Children Benefit from Alternating-Color Words in Sentence Reading

Autor/inn/en	Pan, Jinger; Liu, Miaomiao; Li, Hong; Yan, Ming
Titel	Chinese Children Benefit from Alternating-Color Words in Sentence Reading
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 34 (2021) 2, S.355-369 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pan, Jinger)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-020-10067-9
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Reading Processes; Chinese; Ambiguity (Semantics); Orthographic Symbols; Eye Movements; Color; Reading Skills; Individual Differences; Phonemes; Reading Rate; Grade 3; Elementary School Students; Teaching Methods; Reading Instruction; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Leseprozess; China; Chinesen; Augenbewegung; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Individueller Unterschied; Fonem; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leseunterricht; Ausland
Abstract	Word boundary information is not marked explicitly in Chinese sentences and word ambiguity happens in Chinese texts. This introduces difficulty to parse characters into words when reading Chinese sentences, especially for beginning readers. In an eye-tracking study, we tested whether explicit word boundary information as provided by alternating text-colors affects reading performance of Chinese children and how such an effect is influenced by individual differences in word segmentation ability. Results showed that across a number of eye-movement measures, grade three children overall benefited from explicit marking of word boundary. Additionally, children with highest word segmentation ability showed the largest benefits in reading speed. We discuss possible implications for education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01