@inbook{3b2a0182c4cf40a5a98c70cf60cfb927,
title = "The Role of Home-Literacy Environment in Learning to Read Chinese",
abstract = "The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between home-literacy environment and Chinese children{\textquoteright}s reading development. Information about four parameters of home-literacy environment (literacy resources in the home, parent-child literacy-related activities, children{\textquoteright}s literacy-related activities, and parents{\textquoteright} education) was collected by questionnaire. A regression model showed that home-literacy environment contributes significantly to children{\textquoteright}s reading proficiency. The results from path analysis further demonstrated that only parent-child literacy-related activities contributed directly to first graders{\textquoteright} performance on reading tests. However, for fourth grade children, the parents{\textquoteright} educational level, parent-child literacy-related activities, and children{\textquoteright}s literacy-related activities contributed significantly to children{\textquoteright}s reading proficiency.",
keywords = "family literacy, home environment, Chinese reading",
author = "Shu Hua and Li Wenling and Richard Anderson and Ku Yu-min and Yue Xuan",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4615-0859-5_10",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "978-1-4613-5274-7",
pages = "207--223",
editor = "Li Wenling and Gaffney, {Janet S.} and Packard, {Jerome L.}",
booktitle = "Chinese Children{\textquoteright}s Reading Acquisition",
publisher = "Springer",
address = "Germany",
}