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Karanth, Prathibha – Topics in Language Disorders, 2002
This article argues for widening the research base on reading from the specific constraints of reading in alphabetic scripts to a larger database covering a variety of scripts. Several recent studies on reading the alphasyllabaries of India are reviewed. Findings indicate that alphasyllabaries are not processed in the same manner as alphabets.…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Linguistics
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Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
The Simple View of Reading (P. B. Gough & W. Tunmer, 1986; W. A. Hoover & P. B. Gough, 1990) provides a 2-component model of reading. Each of these 2 components, decoding and comprehension, is necessary for normal reading to occur. The Simple View of Reading provides a relatively transparent model that can be used by professionals not only to…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Intervention