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Direct linkOr-Kan, Soh – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
This study aimed at examining context effects of processing science terminology in Chinese during the reading process. The science texts were first chosen, and then they were replaced by science terminology with familiar words; other common words remained in both texts. The results implied that readers spent longer rereading durations and total…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Vocabulary, Language Processing, Eye Movements
Lee, Lay Wah; Wheldall, Kevin – Dyslexia, 2011
Malay is a consistent alphabetic orthography with complex syllable structures. The focus of this research was to investigate word recognition performance in order to inform reading interventions for low-progress early readers. Forty-six Grade 1 students were sampled and 11 were identified as low-progress readers. The results indicated that both…
Descriptors: Indonesian Languages, Word Recognition, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Johnson, Robert C.; Tweedie, M. Gregory – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2010
The Curriculum Specifications for English, set out in the Ministry of Education Malaysia syllabus for Year 1, calls for instruction in phonemic awareness (PA) as part of the acquisition of word recognition skills. Students are expected to be able to learn individual letters of the alphabet and their sounds; read aloud consonants in initial…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Phonemics, Alphabets, Phonemic Awareness
Randall, Mick – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia, 1991
Two experiments are reported on the array-scanning characteristics of Malaysian subjects exposed to arrays of Roman and Arabic letters. Unique search patterns were found with both letters. Ways are discussed in which these patterns may be related to the underlying linguistic structure of words in Bahasa Malaysia, English, and Arabic. (13…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Arabic, English, Foreign Countries
