Causal relationships between syntactic skills and Chinese literacy development among typically developing children and children with developmental dyslexia in Hong Kong
Grant Data
Project Title
Causal relationships between syntactic skills and Chinese literacy development among typically developing children and children with developmental dyslexia in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Dr Yeung, Pui Sze
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Chung Kevin Kien Hoa
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Chan David
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Ho Connie Suk Han
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
30
Start Date
2016-01-01
Amount
629804
Conference Title
Causal relationships between syntactic skills and Chinese literacy development among typically developing children and children with developmental dyslexia in Hong Kong
Presentation Title
Keywords
Chinese reading comprehension, Chinese written composition, Developmental dyslexia, Syntactic skills
Discipline
Psycholinguistics
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17606215
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) To test a structural model conceptualizing the relationships among syntactic skills, reading comprehension and written composition in Chinese among typically developing primary school children and primary school children with dyslexia in Hong Kong 2) To understand the syntactic deficits in Chinese written composition of primary school children with dyslexia in Hong Kong 3) To evaluate the effectiveness of syntactic skills training on Chinese written composition among typically developing primary school children and primary school children with dyslexia in Hong Kong