Reading fluency as the bridge between decoding and reading comprehension in Chinese children

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Kevin Chan¹  Connie Suk-Han Ho²  Lucy Shih-Ju Hsu² 

[1] Centre for Child and Family Science, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China;Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China;

关键词: reading fluency;    Chinese reading;    simple view of reading;    reading comprehension;    structural equation modeling;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1221396

 received in 2023-05-12, accepted in 2023-07-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

PurposeReading fluency has been considered an essential component of reading comprehension, but it is yet to be examined in a reading model in a non-alphabetic writing system. This study investigated whether reading fluency could be identified as a separate construct from decoding and examined the unique role of reading fluency in the Simple View of Reading (SVR).MethodA total of 342 Cantonese-speaking Chinese children in grades 3–5 were recruited to participate in the study. They were assessed on word reading accuracy and fluency, morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension.ResultsThe confirmatory factor analysis results confirmed that reading fluency is a separate factor from decoding, linguistic comprehension, and reading comprehension. Furthermore, the structural equation modeling results revealed that reading fluency is a significant predictor of reading comprehension and a mediator between decoding and reading comprehension in the extended SVR model.ConclusionThe findings extended previous research in alphabetic languages and supported reading fluency as the bridge between decoding and reading comprehension. The present study highlighted the importance of reading fluency in Chinese reading acquisition in a theoretical framework.

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