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Landerl, Karin; Wimmer, Heinz; Frith, Uta – Cognition, 1997
Examined reading and phonological processing abilities in English and German dyslexic children, each compared with two control groups matched for reading level and age. Hypothesized that same underlying phonological processing deficit would exist in both language groups but that there would be differences in severity of written language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Reading Difficulties
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Wimmer, Heinz; Goswami, Usha – Cognition, 1994
Groups of seven- to nine-year olds learning to read in English and German were given three types of reading tasks. Whereas reading time and error rates in numeral and number word reading were very similar across the two orthographies, the German children showed a big advantage in reading the nonsense words, suggesting adoption of different…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries