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Hawelka, Stefan; Schuster, Sarah; Gagl, Benjamin; Hutzler, Florian – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2013
The study assessed the eye movements of 60 adult German readers during silent reading of target words, consisting of two and three syllables, embedded in sentences. The first objective was to assess whether the inhibitory effect of first syllable frequency, which was up to now primarily shown for isolated words, generalises to natural reading. The…
Descriptors: Syllables, Word Frequency, Orthographic Symbols, Eye Movements
Coke, Esther U. – 1973
Prose passages read aloud or silently were rated for pronounceability and comprehensibility. The relationships of text-derived readability indices to reading rate, comprehensibility ratings and comprehension test scores were explored. Reading rate in syllables per minute was unrelated to readability. The high correlation between rate in words per…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Predictor Variables, Pronunciation, Readability