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postgraduate thesis: Morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in second-language adolescent learners : an intervention study
Title | Morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in second-language adolescent learners : an intervention study |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Kan, L. [簡麗姿]. (2014). Morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in second-language adolescent learners : an intervention study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5394272 |
Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of instructional approaches to phonics and morphological awareness on literacy development of second-language learners. Of the 106 Chinese-speaking adolescents in a 6-hour English training programme, about half were taught affix and root meanings, while others were taught basic phonic rules. The focus lay on teaching students how to break words apart into meaningful parts and clusters of sounds. Chinese adolescents receiving morphological instruction performed significantly better on affixed word production and vocabulary knowledge by inferring word meanings from word parts. They seemed better able to discriminate affixed words on the basis of prefix and suffix. This study provides empirical evidence for the importance of teaching morphemes in the English-as-second-language curriculum. |
Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Second language acquisition English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Language awareness |
Dept/Program | Educational Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209662 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5394272 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Kan, Lai-chi | - |
dc.contributor.author | 簡麗姿 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-12T23:13:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-12T23:13:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Kan, L. [簡麗姿]. (2014). Morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in second-language adolescent learners : an intervention study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5394272 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209662 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of instructional approaches to phonics and morphological awareness on literacy development of second-language learners. Of the 106 Chinese-speaking adolescents in a 6-hour English training programme, about half were taught affix and root meanings, while others were taught basic phonic rules. The focus lay on teaching students how to break words apart into meaningful parts and clusters of sounds. Chinese adolescents receiving morphological instruction performed significantly better on affixed word production and vocabulary knowledge by inferring word meanings from word parts. They seemed better able to discriminate affixed words on the basis of prefix and suffix. This study provides empirical evidence for the importance of teaching morphemes in the English-as-second-language curriculum. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Second language acquisition | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Language awareness | - |
dc.title | Morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in second-language adolescent learners : an intervention study | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5394272 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Educational Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_b5394272 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991041111069703414 | - |