Pinyin and English Invented Spelling in Chinese-Speaking Students Who Speak English as a Second Language.
Ding Yi, Liu Ru-De, McBride Catherine A, +3 more·Journal of psycholinguistic research
This study examined pinyin (the official phonetic system that transcribes the lexical tones and pronunciation of Chinese characters) invented spelling and English invented spelling in 72 Mandarin-speaking 6th graders who learned English as their second language. The pinyin invented spelling task measured segmental-leve…