1st Edition
Acquisition of Reading Skills (1986) Cultural Constraints and Cognitive Universals
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1986.
In literate societies around the world, children begin instruction in reading somewhere between the ages of five and seven years. On one level their tasks are very similar – learn the sound-symbol relationship of their languages and apply their linguistic and cognitive skills to gain meaning from print. On another level their tasks seem to vary – orthographies and... Read more
Introduction, Foorman. 1. Cognitive and Linguistic Components of Reading Ability, Perfetti. 2. Some Reflections of Verbal Efficiency Theory, Ghatala. 3. Phonological Skills and Learning to Read and Write, Bryant. 4. Phonological Skills and Learning to Read and Write: Reactions and Implications, Rosner. 5. How do Japanese Children Learn to Read?: Orthographic and Eco-Cultural Variables, Hatano. 6. Non-Alphabetic Codes in Learning to Read: The Case of the Japanese, Foorman. 7. Beginning Reading in Chinese and English, Lee, Stigler, Stevenson. 8. The Reading Achievement Game: Cognitive Universals and Cultural Restraints, Siegel.
Biography
Barbara R. Foorman, Alexander W. Siegel
