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Bar-On, Amalia; Oron, Tal; Peleg, Orna – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Effects of semantic versus syntactic constraints on resolution of Hebrew heterophonic-homographic words were examined at three reading skill levels. Fourth-and sixth-grade students and a group of adults read aloud sentences containing two types of heterophonic-homographs: noun-noun (e.g., BYCH [Hebrew characters] is read as beitsa 'egg' and bitsa…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Semitic Languages, Nouns
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Cannon, Joanna E.; Hubley, Anita M.; O'Loughlin, Julia I.; Phelan, Lauren; Norman, Nancy; Finley, Alayna – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a technology-based intervention (LanguageLinks: Syntax Assessment and Intervention®; Laureate Learning Systems, Inc., 2013) to improve reading comprehension for d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) elementary students. The intervention was a self-paced, interactive program designed to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
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Traficante, Daniela; Marelli, Marco; Luzzatti, Claudio; Burani, Cristina – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
Several studies on children and adults with and without linguistic impairment have reported differences between verb and noun processing. The present study assessed whether noun and verb bases affect differently children's reading of derived words. Thirty-six Italian good readers and 18 poor readers, all 4th or 5th graders, were asked to read…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Nouns, Verbs, Children