Cross-language phonological and orthographic relationship in the biliteracy acquisition of children learning to read Korean and English was investigated in this study. Forty-five Korean-English bilingual children were tested in first-language (L1; Korean) and 2nd-language (L2; English) reading skills focusing on 2 reading processes - phonological and orthographic processing. The authors found that phonological skills in L1 and L2 were strongly correlated, and Korean phonological skills explained a unique amount of variance in English pseudoword reading beyond English phonological and orthographic skills. However, there was limited orthographic skill transfer between the 2 systems. Results are discussed within the framework of universal phonological processes in learning to read. The authors conclude that bilingual reading acquisition may be a joint function of general phonological processes and orthographic-specific skills. Copyright 2006 by the American Psychological Association.
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Wang, M., Park, Y., & Lee, K. R. (2006, February). Korean-English biliteracy acquisition: Cross-language phonological and orthographic transfer. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.98.1.148
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