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Contribution of statistical learning in learning to read across languages.

Jinglei Ren¹, Min Wang¹

¹Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.

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Statistical learning (SL) abilities in non-linguistic, Chinese, and English domains support reading skills in both languages. This study shows a bidirectional relationship between statistical learning and reading across languages in school-aged children.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Linguistics

Background:

Statistical Learning (SL) is the ability to detect environmental regularities.
Understanding SL's role in reading acquisition is a growing research interest.
Cross-linguistic influences on SL and reading are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine how non-linguistic, Chinese, and English SL contribute to Chinese and English word reading.
To investigate these contributions in native Chinese-speaking 4th, 6th, and 8th graders learning English as a second language (L2).

Main Methods:

Children completed non-linguistic auditory SL (ASL), visual SL (VSL), Chinese SL, and English SL tasks.
English L2 and Chinese word reading abilities were assessed.
Statistical analyses determined the variance accounted for by SL in reading.

Main Results:

Children demonstrated above-chance learning across all SL tasks and grades, with developmental improvements observed.
Non-linguistic ASL, English VSL, and Chinese ASL significantly predicted English L2 word reading.
Non-linguistic ASL, Chinese VSL, English VSL, and English ASL significantly predicted Chinese word reading.

Conclusions:

SL abilities in one language significantly contribute to reading in another language, indicating a bidirectional relationship.
These findings highlight the interconnectedness of statistical learning and cross-linguistic reading development.
SL is a crucial factor supporting both native and second language reading acquisition.