Ming Hui Li, Raymond Kim Wai Sum, Mark Tremblay, Cindy Hui Ping Sit, Amy Sau Ching Ha, Stephen Heung Sang Wong
Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2): The case of a Chinese population
Journal of sports sciences
abstract study investigated concurrent contributions phonology orthography morphology biliteracy acquisition 78 grade 1 chineseenglish bilingual children conceptually comparable measures english chinese tapping phonological orthographic morphological awareness administered word reading skill english chinese also tested found crosslanguage phonological morphological transfer occurs acquiring two different writing systems chinese tone onset awareness explained significant amount unique variance english realword reading controlling englishrelated variables chinese onset awareness alone made significant unique contribution variance english pseudoword reading furthermore english compound structure awareness explained unique variance chinese character reading however see significant crosslanguage transfer orthographic level taken together results suggest shared phonological morphological processes bilingual reading acquisition whereas orthographic process may language specific