Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/5276
Title: Understanding the microstructure and macrostructure of passages among Chinese elementary school children
Authors: Dr. LO Lap Yan 
Ho, Connie Suk-Han 
Wong, Yau-Kai 
Chan, David Wai-ock 
Chung, Kevin Kien-hoa 
Issue Date: 2016
Source: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Dec 2016, vol. 45(6), pp. 1287-1300.
Journal: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 
Abstract: Understanding the microstructure and macrostructure of passages is important for reading comprehension. What cognitive-linguistic skills may contribute to understanding these two levels of structures has rarely been investigated. The present study examined whether some word-level and text-level cognitive-linguistic skills may contribute differently to the understanding of microstructure and macrostructure respectively. Seventy-nine Chinese elementary school children were tested on some cognitive-linguistic skills and literacy skills. It was found that word reading fluency and syntactic skills predicted significantly the understanding of microstructure of passages after controlling for age and IQ; while morphological awareness, syntactic skills, and discourse skills contributed significantly to understanding of macrostructure. These findings suggest that syntactic skills facilitate children's access of meaning from grammatical structures, which is a fundamental process in gaining text meaning at any level of reading comprehension. Discourse skills also allow readers to understand the cohesive interlinks within and between sentences and is important for a macro level of passage understanding.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/5276
ISSN: 0090-6905
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-015-9402-2
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