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undergraduate thesis: Generating inferences in oral text comprehension : a study on preschool children
Title | Generating inferences in oral text comprehension : a study on preschool children |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Law, W. B. [羅穎璁]. (2012). Generating inferences in oral text comprehension : a study on preschool children. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study investigated inferential comprehension of oral text in preschoolers and its relationship with working memory and receptive ability. Forty-eight preschoolers age ranging from 3;00-5;11participated in the study. They listened to four stories and answered all together twenty-four inferential questions; with twelve questions for knowledge-based and text-based inference each. Within text-based inference, four questions were asked on each causal, referential and character’s emotion inference.
The result showed children’s ability in generating inference improved with increase age. Additional, the children performed better in generating text-based than knowledge-based inference. Regarding the three types of text-based inference, there was a significant interaction effect. Early emergency of causal and character’s emotion inference was noted at age 4 while development of referential inference started at age 5.Multiple regressions suggested working memory and receptive ability makes unique contribution in inference generation. Suggestions for further research were made. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Listening comprehension |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/237909 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5805920 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Law, Wing-chung, Beatrice | - |
dc.contributor.author | 羅穎璁 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-26T04:56:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-26T04:56:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Law, W. B. [羅穎璁]. (2012). Generating inferences in oral text comprehension : a study on preschool children. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/237909 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated inferential comprehension of oral text in preschoolers and its relationship with working memory and receptive ability. Forty-eight preschoolers age ranging from 3;00-5;11participated in the study. They listened to four stories and answered all together twenty-four inferential questions; with twelve questions for knowledge-based and text-based inference each. Within text-based inference, four questions were asked on each causal, referential and character’s emotion inference. The result showed children’s ability in generating inference improved with increase age. Additional, the children performed better in generating text-based than knowledge-based inference. Regarding the three types of text-based inference, there was a significant interaction effect. Early emergency of causal and character’s emotion inference was noted at age 4 while development of referential inference started at age 5.Multiple regressions suggested working memory and receptive ability makes unique contribution in inference generation. Suggestions for further research were made. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
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 | Listening comprehension | - |
dc.title | Generating inferences in oral text comprehension : a study on preschool children | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5805920 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020903409703414 | - |