Teaching adults to read better and faster : results from an experiment in Burkina Faso [PDF]
Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness training to help connect letters to speech ...
Abadzi, Helen
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Abstract The study examined the mediation model of socioeconomic status (SES) and executive function (EF) on reading abilities in Chinese (as first language, L1) and English (as second language, L2) in 260 native Cantonese‐speaking students (146 boys) from Hong Kong local primary schools with the mean age at 111.3 months (range = 98–132 months).
Dan Lin+5 more
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Impact of reading intervention on the phonological awareness of children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Santos MFPD+6 more
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Bilingualism and phonological awareness: Re-examining theories of cross-language transfer and structural sensitivity [PDF]
Li‐Jen Kuo+3 more
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Letter knowledge in light of bilingualism and socioeconomic status
Abstract Letter knowledge is one of the key components of literacy skills and a predictor of academic success. The present study explores how letter knowledge of preschool children is related to their language group (bilingual vs. monolingual) and socioeconomic status (SES) (mid‐high vs. low).
Carmit Altman
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Cognitive Flexibility Moderates the Predictive Effect of Phonological Awareness on Focus Structures in Chinese Preschool Children. [PDF]
Tan X, Song J.
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Speechreading Ability Is Related to Phonological Awareness and Single-Word Reading in Both Deaf and Hearing Children. [PDF]
Buchanan-Worster E+7 more
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Risk Factors for Dyslexia: Addressing Oral Language Deficits
ABSTRACT Studies of children at high risk of dyslexia demonstrate that oral language difficulties are a major risk factor for poor reading and that children who enter school with poor language are likely to struggle to become proficient readers. We review findings of studies of oral language intervention against a backdrop of research showing that ...
Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme
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