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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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Schiff, Rachel; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Native Arabic speakers read in a language variety that is different from the one they use for everyday speech. The aim of the present study was: (1) to examine Spoken Arabic (SpA) and Standard Arabic (StA) voweled and unvoweled word reading among native-speaking sixth graders with developmental dyslexia; and (2) to determine whether SpA reading…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Reading Processes, Oral Language