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The author investigated the relationships among Chinese children´s early home literacy experiences, children´s early literacy acquisition and their later reading performances at school with 2 studies. Study 1 showed that only children´s informal home literacy experiences predicted children´s oral vocabulary significantly, while only formal home literacy experiences predicted children´s Chinese character recognition significantly. Study 2 revealed that only children´s Chinese character recognition prior to primary school instruction predicted both the first and second semester´s Chinese lesson performance significantly. Children´s oral vocabulary and domain of children´s home literacy experiences failed to predict children´s Chinese lesson performance at school significantly.

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Chen, Xiao
Chen Xiao, MS, associate professor, work in the department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, zhuhai campus. Current main research interests are Chinese parenting and parent-child relationship, the application of mindfulness practice to children, adolescents and their parents.

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