TY - JOUR
T1 - Shyness and Chinese and English vocabulary skills in Hong Kong kindergartners
AU - Tong, Xiuli
AU - Ting, Ka-Tsun
AU - McBride-Chang, Catherine
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Research Findings: This study examined relations between parent-rated shyness and children's vocabulary skills in 54 Hong Kong Chinese kindergartners who learned English as a foreign language at school. Receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary were assessed both in Chinese and in English. Parent-rated shyness was uniquely associated with children's receptive vocabulary skills in both English and Chinese even after parents' education levels and socioeconomic status and children's nonverbal reasoning skill were statistically controlled. Practice or Policy: The findings suggest that shyness is associated with both first and second language learning.
AB - Research Findings: This study examined relations between parent-rated shyness and children's vocabulary skills in 54 Hong Kong Chinese kindergartners who learned English as a foreign language at school. Receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary were assessed both in Chinese and in English. Parent-rated shyness was uniquely associated with children's receptive vocabulary skills in both English and Chinese even after parents' education levels and socioeconomic status and children's nonverbal reasoning skill were statistically controlled. Practice or Policy: The findings suggest that shyness is associated with both first and second language learning.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/536028
U2 - 10.1080/10409280903507253
DO - 10.1080/10409280903507253
M3 - Article
SN - 1040-9289
VL - 22
SP - 29
EP - 52
JO - Early Education and Development
JF - Early Education and Development
IS - 1
ER -