Contribution of English oral vocabulary knowledge to reading development in grade 1 French immersion students

dc.contributor.authorCoppard, Margarita
dc.contributor.supervisorHarrison, Gina Louise
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T22:40:23Z
dc.date.available2025-04-29T22:40:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts MA
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the role of oral language skills both within and across languages in supporting reading comprehension is critical. However, few studies have assessed the generalizability of the Simple View of Reading to early French Immersion using a complex measure of French listening comprehension. Additionally, most research on the cross-linguistic influence of English vocabulary knowledge on French reading development has focused on word-reading skills. The present study sought to examine how French listening comprehension, as an integral measure of oral language skills, contributes to reading development in Grade 1 French immersion students. It also examines the role of English oral vocabulary knowledge in supporting reading at both the word- and text-levels, and the mechanisms underlying cross-linguistic transfer. A sample of 61 Grade 1 French immersion students completed a battery of standardized French measures assessing listening comprehension, word reading, pseudoword decoding, reading comprehension, as well as English receptive vocabulary. Hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to analyze the contribution of French listening comprehension and English vocabulary along with word reading and pseudoword decoding to French reading comprehension. The analyses revealed that French listening comprehension did not make a statistically significant contribution to reading comprehension, though, both word reading and pseudoword decoding were significant predictors. While English vocabulary was a significant predictor of French reading comprehension when it was alone in the model, its contribution lost statistical significance, when French word reading or pseudoword decoding were added to the models.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22055
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.subjectLiteracy
dc.subjectFrench immersion
dc.subjectGrade 1
dc.subjectSimple view of reading
dc.subjectDirect and indirect effects model of reading
dc.subjectLinguistic interdependence hypothesis
dc.subjectCross-linguistic transfer
dc.subjectReading comprehension
dc.subjectEnglish vocabulary
dc.subjectStatistical learning
dc.titleContribution of English oral vocabulary knowledge to reading development in grade 1 French immersion students
dc.typeThesis

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