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Reading Accuracy and Speed of Vowelized and Unvowelized Scripts among Dyslexic Readers of Hebrew: The Road Not Taken
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Schiff, Rachel; Katzir, Tami; Shoshan, Noa – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
The present study examined the effects of orthographic transparency on reading ability of children with dyslexia in two Hebrew scripts. The study explored the reading accuracy and speed of vowelized and unvowelized Hebrew words of fourth-grade children with dyslexia. A comparison was made to typically developing readers of two age groups: a group…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Semitic Languages, Reading, Accuracy
Subtypes of Reading Disability in a Shallow Orthography: A Double Dissociation between Accuracy-Disabled and Rate-Disabled Readers of Hebrew
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Shany, Michal; Share, David L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2011
Whereas most English language sub-typing schemes for dyslexia (e.g., Castles & Coltheart, "1993") have focused on reading accuracy for words varying in regularity, such an approach may have limited utility for reading disability sub-typing beyond English in which fluency rather than accuracy is the key discriminator of developmental and individual…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Reading Ability
Knowledge of Suffixed Words: A Comparison of Reading Disabled and Nondisabled Readers.
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Champion, Ann – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
A study measured and compared the semantic and syntactic knowledge of 20 sixth-grade students with reading disabilities, 20 fourth-grade typical readers, and 20 sixth-grade typical readers. Results indicate that students with reading disabilities were better able to demonstrate knowledge of suffixed words in oral language measures than in reading…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades