Shuang Song|Mengmeng Su|Cuiping Kang|Hongyun Liu|Yuping Zhang|Catherine McBride?Chang|Twila Tardif|Hong Li|Wei Liang|Zhixiang Zhang|Hua Shu
Tracing children's vocabulary development from preschool through the school?age years: an 8?year longitudinal study
Beijing Normal University|Beijing Normal University|Beijing Normal University|Beijing Normal University|Beijing Normal University|Chengdu Medical College|Chinese University of Hong Kong|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Beijing Normal University|Peking University First Hospital|Peking University|Peking University First Hospital|Peking University|Beijing Normal University
abstract 8year longitudinal study traced vocabulary growth chinese children explored potential precursors vocabulary knowledge investigated vocabulary growth predicted future reading skills two hundred sixtyfour 264 native chinese children beijing measured variety reading language tasks 8 years ages 4 10 years administered tasks vocabulary related cognitive skills age 11 comprehensive reading skills including character recognition reading fluency reading comprehension examined individual differences vocabulary developmental profiles estimated using interceptslope cluster method vocabulary development examined relation later reading outcomes three subgroups lexical growth classified namely highhigh large initial vocabulary size fast growth rate lowhigh small initial vocabulary size fast growth rate lowlow small initial vocabulary size slow growth rate groups lowhigh lowlow groups distinguishable mostly phonological skills morphological skills readingrelated cognitive skills childhood vocabulary development using intercept slope explained subsequent reading skills findings suggest languagerelated readingrelated cognitive skills differ among groups different developmental trajectories vocabulary initial size growth rate vocabulary may two predictors later reading development