Measurement of Word Awareness and Its Predictability to Early Reading Development

Abstract

Abstract: Word awareness is one of the fundamental metalinguistic skills for early development. The study explored the facets of Chinese word awareness and their measurements, as well as the relationship between word awareness and early reading ability among 4~6 years old monolingual children. Word awareness, reading comprehension, receptive vocabulary and Chinese character recognition were tested among 150 children who were 4~6 years old. Results revealed two main facets of Chinese word awareness, that is, awareness of word boundaries and concept of word. Each facet of word awareness was significantly correlated with reading comprehension, receptive vocabulary, and word recognition, indicating that word awareness is a strong predictor for early reading development.

Key words: metalinguistics, word awareness, reading comprehension

摘要： 词意识是早期元语言意识的重要组成部分。本研究从词意识的三个维度：指代性意识、词界意识、词概念意识出发，探索4～6岁汉语儿童词意识的构成及其测量，并检验其与早期阅读能力的关系。150名被试接受词意识测验、阅读理解测验、口语词汇理解测验以及汉字习得水平测验。结果表明，早期词意识包含词界意识和词概念意识，词意识各维度均与阅读理解能力、口语词汇理解能力和汉字习得水平呈显著正相关，且能够较好地预测早期阅读能力。

关键词: 元语言, 词意识, 阅读理解

CLC Number:

B844

ZHANG Di, ZHAO Wei, LI Li, GAO Guili. Measurement of Word Awareness and Its Predictability to Early Reading Development[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(6): 771-778.

张笛, 赵微, 李莉, 高桂丽. 早期词意识测量及其对阅读的预测作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(6): 771-778.

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