Reading And Dyslexia In Different Orthographies

Author : Nicola Brunswick,Sine McDougall,Paul de Mornay Davies
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135167806

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Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies by Nicola Brunswick,Sine McDougall,Paul de Mornay Davies Pdf

This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and developmental dyslexia in alphabetic and non-alphabetic languages. The book brings together contributions from a group of leading literacy researchers from around the world. It begins by examining the development of language skills in monolingual speakers of alphabetic and non-alphabetic languages; it then explores literacy acquisition in bilingual children learning to read in languages with different spelling-sound rules, including English, French, Greek, Welsh and Japanese. The second section is devoted to developmental dyslexia in monolingual and bilingual speakers of different languages and examines the impact of variations in orthography on the symptoms and aetiology of dyslexia. The final section explores the contribution of brain imaging to the study of impaired and unimpaired reading, giving an up-to-the-minute picture of how the brain deals with different languages and writing systems. This is ideal reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates who have an interest in language acquisition, reading and spelling, as well as speech and language therapists, teachers and special educational needs professionals.

Author : Nata Goulandris,Margaret J. Snowling
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015051577701

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Dyslexia in Different Languages by Nata Goulandris,Margaret J. Snowling Pdf

This book presents current research on dyslexia in alnguages other than English. It is increasingly evident that it is essential to define dyslexia in terms of the language of instruction because learning to read cannot be separated from the linguistic parameters of that language. Differences in the orthographic, phonological, morphemic and inflectional structure of a language influence the degree of difficulty encountered by children when learning to read. Consequently, authors describe the linguistic properties of their languages and discuss the problems encountered by dyslexics in that language and the dyslexics' underlying cognitive deficits. The objective of this book is to explore a variety of languages and to identify both the language specific characteristics of reading and spelling problems in each language and the core deficits that are common to all dyslexics regardless of the language of instruction.

Author : P. G. Aaron,R.M. Joshi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789400910416

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Reading and Writing Disorders in Different Orthographic Systems by P. G. Aaron,R.M. Joshi Pdf

Even though Specific Reading Disability (Dyslexia) has been clinically recognized as a developmental learning disorder for nearly a hundred years. only within the past two decades it has become the subject of major experimental investigation. Because. by definition. dyslexic children are of average or superior intelligence. it is often suspected that some arcane feature of the written language is responsible for the inordinate difficulty experienced by these children in learning to read. The occasional claim that developmental dyslexia is virtually nonexistent in some languages coupled with the fact that languages differ in their writing systems has further rendered orthography a subject of serious investigation. The present Volume represents a collection of preliminary reports of investigations that explored the relationship between orthography and reading disabilities in different languages. Even though not explicitly stated. these reports are concerned with the question whether or not some orthographies are easier to learn to read and write than others. One dimension on which orthographies differ from each other is the kind of relationship they bear to pronunciation. The orthographies examined in this book range from the ones that have a simple one-to one grapheme-phoneme relationship to those which have a more complex relationship.

Author : Thomas Lachmann,Tina Weis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319908052

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Reading and Dyslexia by Thomas Lachmann,Tina Weis Pdf

In this volume a group of well-known experts of the field cover topics ranging from basic visual and auditory information processing to higher order cognition in reading and dyslexia, from basic research to remediation approaches and from well-established theories to new hypotheses about reading acquisition and causes for its failure. Reading is one of the most intriguing feats human evolution ever came up with. There is no evolutionary basis for reading as such; reading is secondary to language and the result of a complex skill acquisition at the end of which almost all pre-existing cognitive functions are mobilized. With the right instruction and practice most people learn this skill smoothly. Some, however, have problems, despite same opportunities and general cognitive abilities. This developmental dyslexia results from a neuro developmental disorder leading to deficits in reading relevant information processing. But what deficits are these, and can they be trained?

Author : R. Malatesha Joshi,P.G. Aaron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1690 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136781346

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Handbook of Orthography and Literacy by R. Malatesha Joshi,P.G. Aaron Pdf

Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing systems and literacy acquisition. This text, which derives from a NATO sponsored conference on orthography and literacy, brings together the research of 70 scholars from across the world--the largest assemblage of such experts to date. Their findings are grouped into three parts, as follows: Part I, Literacy Acquisition in Different Writing Systems, describes the relationship between orthography and literacy in twenty-five orthographic systems. This section serves as a handy reference source for understanding the orthographies of languages as diverse as Arabic, Chinese, English, Icelandic, Kannada, and Kishwahili. Part II, Literacy Acquisition From a Cross-Linguistic Perspective, makes direct comparisons of literacy acquisition in English and other orthographic systems. The overall conclusion that emerges from these eight chapters is that the depth of an orthographic system does influence literacy acquisition primarily by slowing down the acquisition of reading skills. Even so, studies show that dyslexic readers can be found across all orthographic systems whether shallow or deep, which shows that dyslexia also has internal cognitive and biological components. Part III, Literacy Acquisition: Instructional Perspectives, explores literacy acquisition from developmental and instructional perspectives and ends with a look into the future of literacy research. This Handbook is appropriate for scholars, researchers, and graduate students in such diverse fields as cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, literacy education, English as a second language, and communication disorders.

Author : Valéria Csépe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461501398

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Dyslexia by Valéria Csépe Pdf

This volume addresses the question of how different brain activity measures may help to understand the complexity of language specific and domain general functions underlying reading, how atypical brain structures may be responsible for failures in the reading performance, and how the brain activity pattern of dyslexics may change from childhood to adulthood. It is a valuable resource for those working in the fields of psycholinguistics, speech pathology, neuropsychology, cognitive development, educational psychology, developmental psychology, child development and language acquisition.

Author : V.W. Berninger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401734929

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The Varieties of Orthographic Knowledge by V.W. Berninger Pdf

The role of orthography in reading and writing is not a new topic of inquiry. For example, in 1970 Venezky made a seminal contribution with The Structure of English Orthography in which he showed how both sequential redundancy (probable and permissible letter sequences) and rules of letter-sound correspondence contribute to orthographic structure. In 1980 Ehri introduced the concept of orthographic images, that is, the representation of written words in memory, and proposed that the image is created by an amalgamation of the word's orthographic and phonological properties. In 1981 Taylor described the evolution of orthographies in writing systems-from the earliest logographies for pictorial representation of ideas to syllabaries for phonetic representation of sounds to alphabets for phonemic representation of sounds. In 1985 Frith proposed a stage model for the role of orthographic knowledge in development of word recognition: Initially in the logographic stage a few words can be recognized on the basis of partial spelling information; in the alphabetic stage words are. recognized on the basis of grapheme-phoneme correspondence; in the orthographic stage spelling units are recognized automatically without phonological mediation. For an historical overview of research on visual processing of written language spanning the earliest records of writing to the early work in experimental psychology, see Venezky (1993).

Author : Ludo Verhoeven,Charles Perfetti,Kenneth Pugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108428774

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Developmental Dyslexia across Languages and Writing Systems by Ludo Verhoeven,Charles Perfetti,Kenneth Pugh Pdf

The first truly systematic, multi-disciplinary, and cross-linguistic study of the language and writing system factors affecting the emergence of dyslexia.

Author : James F. Kavanagh,Richard L. Venezky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Dyslexia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031553725

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Orthography, Reading, and Dyslexia by James F. Kavanagh,Richard L. Venezky Pdf

Author : Pierluigi Zoccolotti,Peter F. de Jong,Donatella Spinelli
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-24
Category : Dyslexia
ISBN : 9782889198641

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Understanding Developmental Dyslexia: Linking Perceptual and Cognitive Deficits to Reading Processes by Pierluigi Zoccolotti,Peter F. de Jong,Donatella Spinelli Pdf

Understanding the mechanisms responsible for developmental dyslexia (DD) is a key challenge for researchers. A large literature, mostly concerned with learning to read in opaque orthographies, emphasizes phono-logical interpretations of the disturbance. Other approaches focused on the visual-per-ceptual aspects of orthographic coding. Recently, this perspective was supported by imaging data showing that individuals with DD have hypo-activation in occipito-temporal areas (a finding common to both transpar-ent and opaque orthographies). Nevertheless, it is difficult to infer causal relationships from activation data. Accommodating these findings within the cognitive architecture of reading processes is still an open issue. This is a general problem, which is present in much of the literature. For example, several studies investigating the perceptual and cognitive abilities that distinguish groups of children with and without DD failed to provide explicit links with the reading process. Thus, several areas of investigation (e.g., acoustic deficits or magnocellular deficiencies) have been plagued by replication failures. Furthermore, much research has neglected the possible contribution of comorbid symptoms. By contrast, it is now well established that developmental disorders present a large spectrum of homotopic and heterotopic co-morbidities that make causal interpretations problematic. This has led to the idea that the etiology of learning difficulties is multifactorial, thus challenging the traditional models of DD. Recent genetic studies provide information on the multiple risk factors that contribute to the genesis of the disturbance. Another critical issue in DD is that much of the research has been conducted in English-speaking individuals. However, English is a highly irregular orthography and doubts have been raised on the appropriateness of automatically extending interpretations based on English to other more regular orthographies. By contrast, important information can be gotten from systematic comparisons across languages. Thus, the distinction between regular and irregular orthographies is another potentially fruitful area of investigation. Overall, in spite of much research current interpretations seem unable to integrate all available findings. Some proposals focus on the cognitive description of the reading profile and explicitly ignore the distal causes of the disturbance. Others propose visual, acoustic or phonological mech-anisms but fail to link them to the pattern of reading impairment present in different children. The present Research Topic brings together studies based on different methodological approaches (i.e., behavioural studies examining cognitive and psycholinguistic factors, eye movement inves-tigations, biological markers, neuroimaging and genetic studies), involving dyslexic groups with and without comorbid symptoms, and in different orthographies (transparent and opaque) to identify the mechanisms underlying DD. The RT does not focus on a single model or theory of dyslexia but rather brings together different approaches and ideas which we feel are fruitful for a deeper understanding developmental dyslexia.

Author : Margaret Walton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136606885

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Teaching Reading and Spelling to Dyslexic Children by Margaret Walton Pdf

First published in 1998. Written in a simple, friendly style, this book will help teachers and parents to research dyslexic children ti read and spell. It can be used either as a step-by-step teaching programme or as a reference resource. The focus of the teaching scheme is two original photocopiable charts which present the main spelling patterns and rules of English.

Author : Benita A. Blachman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135689520

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Foundations of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia by Benita A. Blachman Pdf

The chapters in this volume are based on presentations made at a recent conference on cognitive and linguistic foundations of reading acquisition. The researchers who participated have all made contributions to the theoretical and empirical understanding of how children learn to read. They were asked to address not only what they have learned from their research, but also to discuss unsolved problems. This dialogue prompted numerous questions of both a theoretical and applied nature, generated heated debate, and fueled optimism about the important gains that have been made in the scientific understanding of the reading process, especially of the critical role played by phonological abilities.

Author : Liliane Sprenger-Charolles,Pascale Colé,Willy Serniclaes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134955503

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Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia by Liliane Sprenger-Charolles,Pascale Colé,Willy Serniclaes Pdf

Most studies on reading have been conducted with English-speaking subjects. It is crucial to also examine studies conducted in different languages, in order to highlight which aspects of reading acquisition and dyslexia appear to be language-specific, and which are universal. Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia sheds new light on dyslexia and its relationship with reading acquisition, presenting two unique advancements in this area. Looking at studies conducted in different languages, the prerequisites of reading acquisition are examined, and the findings from studies of skilled adult readers are presented. The manifestations of developmental dyslexia and the main contemporary explanations for it are outlined, providing an in-depth, well researched discussion of the topic. The authors conclude by offering a new framework which could explain both reading acquisition and developmental dyslexia. A fascinating book offering a unique insight into the topic of dyslexia, it will be of great interest to students and lecturers in cognitive psychology, educational psychology, and psycholinguistics, as well as those with a more everyday involvement with the disorder such as speech and language therapists.

Author : Margaret Harris,Giyoo Hatano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521621844

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Learning to Read and Write by Margaret Harris,Giyoo Hatano Pdf

For many years, the development of theories about the way children learn to read and write was dominated by studies of English-speaking populations. As we have learned more about the way that children learn to read and write other scripts - whether they have less regularity in their grapheme-phoneme correspondences or do not make use of alphabetic symbols at all - it has become clear that many of the difficulties that confront children learning to read and write English specifically are less evident, or even non-existent, in other populations. At the same time, some aspects of learning to read and write are very similar across scripts. The unique cross-linguistic perspective offered in this book, including chapters on Japanese, Greek and the Scandinavian languages as well as English, shows how the processes of learning to read and spell are affected by the characteristics of the writing system that children are learning to master.

Author : Peggy D. McCardle
Publisher : Extraordinary Brain
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1598571850

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Dyslexia Across Languages by Peggy D. McCardle Pdf

A landmark research volume from The Dyslexia Foundation, this book fully examines what we know about the identification, manifestations, and differences in dyslexia across languages and orthographies. Includes contributions from more than 40 respected res