Jing Zhou
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jing Zhou is involved.
2014 Chinese preschool children’s comprehension of a picture storybook Development of Pragmatic and Discourse Skills in Chinese-Speaking Children, Hua, Zhu and Lixian Jin (eds.), pp. 111–129 | Article
This chapter explores 3 to 6 year old Chinese children’s comprehension of a picture storybook The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The results show: (1) Chinese children’s understanding of images, actions and characters’ states improves with age; (2) Children develop their understanding of images first,… read more
2014 Do educational backgrounds make a difference? A comparative study on communicative acts of Chinese mothers in interacting with their young children Development of Pragmatic and Discourse Skills in Chinese-Speaking Children, Hua, Zhu and Lixian Jin (eds.), pp. 91–109 | Article
For decades there has been a debate about whether parents with different socioeconomic status have differential influences on their children’s language development. This study focuses on the features of language use of Mandarin-speaking mothers with different educational backgrounds in interaction… read more
2012 Chinese preschool children’s comprehension of a picture storybook Development of Pragmatic and Discourse Skills in Chinese-Speaking Children, Hua, Zhu and Lixian Jin (eds.), pp. 109–127 | Article
This paper explored 3 to 6 year old Chinese children’s comprehension of a picture storybook The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The results show: (1) Chinese children’s understanding of images, actions and characters’ states improves with age; (2) Children develop their understanding of images first,… read more
2012 Do educational backgrounds make a difference? A comparative study on communicative acts of Chinese mothers in interacting with their young children Development of Pragmatic and Discourse Skills in Chinese-Speaking Children, Hua, Zhu and Lixian Jin (eds.), pp. 90–108 | Article
For decades there has been a debate about whether parents with different socioeconomic status have differential influences on their children’s language development. This study focuses on the features of language use of Mandarin-speaking mothers with different educational backgrounds in interaction… read more