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初中生英语语音意识和词汇拼读能力的关系探究.docx

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初中生英语语音意识和词汇拼读能力的关系探究 Introduction Englishlanguage,beinganinternationallanguagespokenbymorethanonebillionpeoplearoundtheworld,isessentialforcommunicationandprofessionalgrowth.Therefore,itisimportantforindividualstolearnanddeveloptheirlanguageskills,includingpronunciationandvocabulary.Thisresearchaimstoexploretherelationshipbetweenphonologicalawareness,vocabularyknowledge,andreadingskillsamongmiddleschoolstudentslearningEnglishasasecondlanguage. Background Phonologicalawarenessreferstotheabilitytorecognizeandmanipulatethesoundstructureofwords,includingsyllables,phonemes,andrhymes.Accordingtoresearch,thedevelopmentofphonologicalawarenesshasbeenlinkedtosuccessinreading,writing,andspellingskills(Wagner,Torgesen,&Rashotte,1994).Moreover,studieshavefoundthatphonologicalawarenessisanimportantpredictorofreadingskillsforbothnativeandnon-nativeEnglishspeakers(Goswami,2002). Vocabularyknowledgeisalsoconsideredasanimportantfactorinreadingdevelopment.Vocabularycomprisesallthewordsthatindividualsunderstandanduse,anditisessentialforcomprehensionandcommunication.Studieshaveshownthatindividualswithawiderangeofvocabularyknowledgearebetterabletounderstandwrittentextsandperformwellinreadingtasks(Nation,2005). ResearchQuestions 1.IstherearelationshipbetweenphonologicalawarenessandvocabularyknowledgeamongmiddleschoolstudentslearningEnglishasasecondlanguage? 2.DoesphonologicalawarenessorvocabularyknowledgehaveagreaterimpactonthedevelopmentofreadingskillsamongmiddleschoolstudentslearningEnglishasasecondlanguage? Methodology Participants Fortymiddleschoolstudentsbetweentheagesof12-15learningEnglishasasecondlanguagewererecruitedfromapublicschoolinChina.Therewere20boysand20girls,withequalrepresentationfromeachgrade,andtheyhadbeenlearningEnglishforatleastthreeyears. Instruments 1.PhonologicalAwarenessTest:Thistestconsistsofseveralsubteststhatmeasurephonologicalawarenessskills,includingphonemicawareness,blending,segmenting,andmanipulatingsounds. 2.VocabularySizeTest:Thistestassessestheoverallvo