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Gangl, Melanie; Moll, Kristina; Jones, Manon W.; Banfi, Chiara; Schulte-Körne, Gerd; Landerl, Karin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2018
Dyslexia in consistent orthographies like German is characterized by dysfluent reading, which is often assumed to result from failure to build up an orthographic lexicon and overreliance on decoding. However, earlier evidence indicates effects of lexical processing at least in some German dyslexic readers. We investigated variations in reading…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, German, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Caravolas, Marketa; Landerl, Karin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2010
Effects of syllable structure and of alphabetic reading skills on the development of phoneme awareness were investigated in a longitudinal study. Awareness of phonemes in syllable onsets and codas was examined in first graders speaking Czech (n = 45) and German (n = 33). Czech children showed higher awareness of phonemes in onsets than in codas,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Syllables, Phonemes, Reading Skills
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Landerl, Karin; Wimmer, Heinz; Frith, Uta – Cognition, 1997
Examined reading and phonological processing abilities in English and German dyslexic children, each compared with two control groups matched for reading level and age. Hypothesized that same underlying phonological processing deficit would exist in both language groups but that there would be differences in severity of written language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Reading Difficulties