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Landerl, Karin; Castles, Anne; Parrila, Rauno – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
In this paper, we survey current evidence on cognitive precursors of reading in different orthographies by reviewing studies with a cross-linguistic research design. Graphic symbol knowledge, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and rapid automatized naming were found to be associated with reading acquisition in all orthographies…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Alphabets, Written Language, Morphology (Languages)
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Huemer, Sini; Aro, Mikko; Landerl, Karin; Lyytinen, Heikki – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2010
The study evaluated the effect of repeated reading on reading speed among 36 Finnish-speaking poor readers in Grades 4 to 6. A switching replications design was applied: Group A (n = 20) received training first, and during this period Group B (n = 16) acted as a control group. After a midpoint test, the design was switched. The training material…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reading Rate, Teaching Methods, Finno Ugric Languages