Haiwei Zhang|Leah Roberts
The role of phonological awareness and phonetic radical awareness in acquiring Chinese literacy skills in learners of Chinese as a second language
Minzu University of China|University of York
much research roles phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness development chinese character reading writing skills nativespeaking children comparatively little work relationship metalinguistic skills character literacy skills adult learners chinese second language csl study explored issue 83 arabic english csl learners studied chinese home country knowledge phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness chinese character reading writing measured two main findings firstly learners phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness predicted acquisition character reading writing skills directly indirectly secondly phonetic radical awareness mediate effect phonological awareness character reading writing skills results point different roles phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness play development character literacy skills still unclear relationship phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness findings important understanding contribution phonological awareness phonetic radical awareness acquisition character literacy skills csl learners