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The effects of mother tongue and first language literacy on spelling: A study of Singaporean second language readers
Citation
Randall, M., & Noor Dayana Isnin. (2004, December). The effects of mother tongue and first language literacy on spelling: A study of Singaporean second language readers (Report No. CRP 9/03 MR). National Institute of Education (Singapore), Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/261
Author
Randall, Mick
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Noor Dayana Isnin
Subjects
Abstract
This paper reports on a study of the spelling errors for Singaporean primary school children to dictated targets words in English. The children were drawn from Primary 2 and Primary 5 classes. The aim of the investigation was to see if the errors produced by the Singaporean children could be attributed to Mother Tongue influences, to influences from Singaporean English or if they showed similar patterns to those produced by native English speaking spellers at similar stages. The paper found the errors produced in the Primary 2 classes to be influenced by phonology and thus influence from Singaporean English, but found both classes different from their native speaking counterparts in the way they processed final inflected clusters.
Date Issued
December 2004
Call Number
LB1028.25.S55 C77 2004/09
Description
Note: Restricted to NIE staff
Project
CRP 9/03 MR