Orthography-phonology reliance in word recognition among Chinese ESL learners
Orthography-phonology reliance is a central concern in second language word recognition.Previous studies have focused on alphabetic language speakers,neglecting ideographic language speakers.This study investigated Chinese ESL learners'reliance on orthography and phonology in word recognition through two experiments.Experiment 1 investigated the learners'reliance on orthography and phonology in word recognition.The results showed that words with similar orthographies were recognized less accurately than dissimilar ones,with no effect based on phonological similarity.Experiment 2 explored the effect of L2 proficiency on the reliance of orthographic phonology in word recognition.The results demonstrated that participants with lower proficiency had lower accuracy in recognizing orthographically similar words than did those with higher proficiency,whereas phonological similarity did not affect word recognition across proficiency levels.These results suggest a greater reliance on orthographic cues in word recognition,moderated by L2 proficiency.This study supports and enriches the Orthographic Depth Hypothesis and offers valuable insights into ESL vocabulary teaching.
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