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Jana Chi-san Ho; Deborah K. Reed; Catherine McBride – Annals of Dyslexia, 2025
In this study, we examined to what extent orthographic skills, phonological processing, oral vocabulary, and word memory accounted for variance in reading comprehension among upper-elementary school children with and without dyslexia. The tasks came from the Tests of Dyslexia (TOD). Data from 753 participants (typically developing n = 575;…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness, Oral Language
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Ilia V. Markov; Ksenia S. Kharitonova; Elena L. Grigorenko – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
Phonological awareness and phonological working memory are essential for successful language acquisition and development of literacy. Although this essence is language-universal, its degree varies for different languages, depending, in part, on language transparency. The current study analyzes the adapted versions of the pseudoword repetition test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Phonology, Language Acquisition
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Xuan Zang; Yu Ka Wong; Kit-ling Lau – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
There is a growing number of children learning to read in bilingual environments, yet research on the uniqueness of reading acquisition in these bilingual children, particularly L1 majority bilinguals, is limited. With a sample size of 690 4th-grade students, this study investigated predictors influencing L1 Chinese reading in Chinese-English…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Chinese, Reading Processes, Monolingualism
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Angela Pasqualotto; Paola Venuti – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2025
This study investigated the role of domain-specific and domain-general factors in predicting early literacy skills in Italian children. A sample of 239 first-grade students was evaluated using a broad neuropsychological battery to assess their cognitive skills. The results showed that phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, speed of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Spelling
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Haibo Zhang; Rui Chen; Jing Lu; Jiali Wang; Yuanyuan Li; Sha Tao – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study investigated the unique role of nonverbal reasoning in early English word decoding for native Chinese-speaking children across three studies. In Study 1, 80 Grade 1 and 2 participants completed assessments including nonverbal reasoning tests, English pseudoword reading, Chinese character reading, Chinese phonological awareness (CPA),…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Abstract Reasoning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Baoqi Sun; Beth Ann O'Brien – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study examines the intricate relationships between home language use, oral language skills (phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and receptive vocabulary), and literacy skills (word reading and spelling) in English and Chinese among young bilinguals. The sample includes 249 first-grade and 263 third-grade bilingual students in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Grade 1, Grade 2