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Devin M. Kearns; Matthew J. Cooper Borkenhagen – Reading Teacher, 2024
The core task of reading is to look at letters and identify their sounds and meaning. In English, the spelling system is "quasiregular," meaning it includes many reliable patterns (some so reliable they could be called "rules") but also many inconsistent ones (the sound of "EA" in "heat" vs.…
Descriptors: Reading, English, Semantics, Cognitive Ability
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Bialystok, Ellen – Language Learning, 2007
Much of the research that contributes to understanding how bilingual children become literate is not able to isolate the contribution of bilingualism to the discussion of literacy acquisition for these children. This article begins by identifying three areas of research that are relevant to examining literacy acquisition in bilinguals, explaining…
Descriptors: Written Language, Phonemes, Literacy, Oral Language