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Schiff, Rachel; Levy-Shimon, Shani; Sasson, Ayelet; Kimel, Ella; Ravid, Dorit – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
This study examined affix letter spelling among 6th grade Hebrew-speaking children with dyslexia compared with chronologically age-matched and reading level-matched controls. As different languages are characterized by multiple dimensions of affix spelling complexity, we specifically targeted the following unique dimensions relevant to Hebrew: (1)…
Descriptors: Spelling, Difficulty Level, Dyslexia, Morphemes
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Nel, Norma Margaret; Krog, Soezin – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Mandarin has been added to the list of second additional languages (SAL) that South African learners can choose from. The researchers proactively conducted research pertaining to SAL (Mandarin) since it is a dynamic phenomenon in South Africa. The research question was formulated as follows: "Do factors such as 1) phonemic differences between…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov; Treiman, Rebecca; Kelcey, Benjamin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
To expand our understanding of script-general and script-specific principles in the learning of letter names, we examined how three characteristics of alphabet letters -- their frequency in printed materials, order in the alphabet, and visual similarity to other letters -- relate to children's letter-name knowledge in four languages with three…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Written Language, Printed Materials
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Drouin, Michelle; Horner, Sherri L.; Sondergeld, Toni A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
In this study, we used Rasch model analyses to examine (1) the unidimensionality of the alphabet knowledge construct and (2) the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks (uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names) within a sample of preschoolers (n=335). Rasch analysis showed that the four…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children