Specifying the contributions of morphological awareness to decoding, syntactic awareness, and reading comprehension in Chinese children learning English as a second language

Xie, Qiuzhi; Yeung, Susanna S.

doi:10.1007/s11145-023-10412-8

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“…Since the grand mean was up to 2.50 it is accepted forms than those in derived forms. The result of this study is also corroborated by the findings of Xie (2023) that derivational and inflectional morphological awareness had unique direction effect on reading comprehension beyond decoding and syntactic awareness. This also agrees with the findings of Levesque, Kieffer & Deacon (2018) who found that students use of morphemes to infer meaning of unfamiliar complex words supported the enhancement of reading comprehension.…”

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“…The structural equation modeling results indicated that children's compounding awareness made a significant direct contribution to reading comprehension only from grade 5 to 6. Xie (2023) carried out a study titled, 'specifying the contributions of morphological awareness to decoding, syntactic awareness and reading comprehension in Chinese children learning English as a second language'. The study aimed to explore the specific contributions of derivational, inflectional and compounding morphological awareness to reading comprehension through decoding and syntactic awareness.…”

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Influence of Morphological Awareness on the Reading Comprehension of Students at the Tertiary Education Level in Ebonyi State

Obeka

2024

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This paper examined the influence of morphological awareness on the reading comprehension of students at the tertiary education level in Ebonyi State. The study utilized the descriptive survey research design. Three objectives and three research questions were posed to guide the study. The target population comprised 22000 undergraduates from the south east part of Nigeria. A sample size of 220 respondents was selected using the simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using the statistical tools of mean and standard deviation. Findings showed that morphological awareness had a positive impact on student' reading comprehension. Result of the study also revealed that students’ knowledge of inflectional morphemes improved their reading comprehension. Result also showed that awareness of the differences between inflectional and derivational morphemes enhanced students' reading comprehension. Based on these findings, one of the recommendations was that curriculum planners should make Morphology a compulsory course to be taught at all levels of education in the university to enhance morphological awareness among undergraduate students and improve their ability to spell words, read words and understand sentences.

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Influence of Morphological Awareness on the Reading Comprehension of Students at the Tertiary Education Level in Ebonyi State

Obeka

2024

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Development of derivational morphology in Kuwaiti Arabic-speaking children

Al-Sulaihim,

Abdalla,

Mahfoudhi

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The objective of this study was to examine the development of derivational morphological structures in the productive language of Kuwaiti Arabic (KA)-speaking children. Participants were 512 typically developing Kuwaiti children aged 3;0 years to 7;11 years (243 boys and 269 girls). Five age groups at 1-year intervals were tested; each group was divided into four sub-groups at 3-month intervals. The children were examined using a tool designed to assess structures specific to the KA dialect, and they were assessed by trained research assistants at their nurseries and public schools. There were clear developmental trajectories in the derivational morphological structures studied in KA-speaking children across the five age groups. Results showed that KA-speaking children have not reached mastery level in most of the structures examined in this study. Among the two types of derivations examined, nominal derivations emerged later than verb derivations. Error analysis showed that most errors were morphological, affecting mainly the root. The results of this study enhance our knowledge of early language development in Arabic by showing that nominal derivations develop later than verb derivations. The results are discussed in light of previous cross-linguistic studies, which also found a similar trajectory in terms of morphological development. Further, Arabic morphological theory, as well as implications for practice and the need for further research, is discussed.

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Specifying the contributions of morphological awareness to decoding, syntactic awareness, and reading comprehension in Chinese children learning English as a second language

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Influence of Morphological Awareness on the Reading Comprehension of Students at the Tertiary Education Level in Ebonyi State

Influence of Morphological Awareness on the Reading Comprehension of Students at the Tertiary Education Level in Ebonyi State

Development of derivational morphology in Kuwaiti Arabic-speaking children

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