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Li, Xiaomeng; Koda, Keiko – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
This study investigated how experience with a first language (L1) writing system affects the development of the second language (L2) word recognition subskills and how L2 linguistic knowledge constrains such L1 impacts. In this study, word recognition is conceptualized as a complex construct that entails multiple subskills necessary for…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Phonology, Morphology (Languages)
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Yin, Li; Joshi, R. Malatesha; Li, Daoxin; Kim, Seon-Kee – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Graphotactic as well as phonological factors influence native English speakers' decisions about consonant doubling in the spelling of nonwords, e.g., "zimen" versus "zimmen." This study examined the extent to which such influences apply to non-native speakers of English, who presumably have less knowledge of English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students, Second Language Instruction
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Ocal, Turkan; Ehri, Linnea C. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Studies have shown that children benefit from a spelling pronunciation strategy in remembering the spellings of words. The current study determined whether this strategy also helps adults learn to spell commonly misspelled words. Participants were native English speaking college students (N = 42), mean age 22.5 years (SD = 7.87). An experimental…
Descriptors: Spelling, Pronunciation, Learning Strategies, Native Language
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Lin, Chin-Hsi; Collins, Penelope – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
The present study examined the influence of the features of Chinese characters, such as frequency, regularity and consistency, on the accuracy with which they were read by two groups of adult Chinese learners. Twenty-two English-speakers and 31 Japanese-speakers studying Chinese at a Taiwanese University read 130 Chinese characters that varied…
Descriptors: Chinese, Naming, Orthographic Symbols, Accuracy