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Direct linkHäikiö, Tuomo; Luotojärvi, Tinja – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
In early Finnish reading instruction, hyphens are used to denote syllable boundaries. However, this practice slows down reading already during the 1st grade. It has been hypothesized that hyphenation forces readers to rely more on phonology than orthography. Since hyphenation highlights the phonology of the word, it may facilitate reading during…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Finno Ugric Languages, Phonology, Reading Instruction
Häikiö, Tuomo; Bertram, Raymond; Hyönä, Jukka – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Finnish ABC books present words with hyphens inserted at syllable boundaries. Syllabification by hyphens is abandoned in the 2nd grade for bisyllabic words, but continues for words with three or more syllables. The current eye movement study investigated how and to what extent syllable hyphens in bisyllabic ("kah-vi" "cof-fee")…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2
