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Contents Introduction to the Volume ix I: LITERACY ACQUISITION IN DIFFERENT WRITING SYSTEMS 1. Evolution of an Alphabetic Writing System: The Case of Icelandic 3 Jorgen Pind 2. Literacy Acquisition in Norwegian 15 Bente E. Hagtvet, Turid Helland, and Solveig-Alma H. Lyster 3. Literacy Acquisition in Danish: A Deep Orthography in Cross-Linguistic Light 31 Carsten Elbro 4. Children¡'s Language Development and Reading Acquisition in a Highly Transparent Orthography 47 Heikki Lyytinen, Mikko Aro, Leena Holopainen, Matti Leiwo, Paula Lyytinen, and Asko Tolvanen 5. Sources of Information Children Use in Learning to Spell: The Case of Finnish Geminates 63 Annukka Lehtonen 6. Orthography and Literacy in French 81 Jean-Pierre Jaffre and Michel Fayol 7. The Acquisition of Literacy in Italian 105 Remo Job, Francesca Peressotti, and Claudio Mulatti 8. Reading and Spelling Acquisition and Dyslexia in German 121 Karin Landerl and Verena Thaler 9. Double Dutch: The Dutch Spelling System and Learning to Spell in Dutch 135 Anna M. T. Bosman, Saskia de Graaff, and Martine A. R. Gijsel 10. Literacy Acquisition in Spanish 151 Javier S. Sainz 11. Beginning Reading Acquisition in Brazilian Portuguese 171 Claudia Cardoso-Martins 12. Literacy Acquisition in Greek: Research Review of the Role of Phonological and Cognitive Factors 189 Costas D. Porpodas 13. The Acquisition of Written Morphology in Greek 201 Terezinha Nunes, Athanasios Aidinis, and Peter Bryant 14. How Language Characteristics Influence Turkish Literacy Development 219 Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu 15. Literacy Acquisition and Dyslexia in Hungarian 231 Valeria Csepe 16. Developmental Dyslexia: Evidence from Polish 249 Agnieszka Reid 17. Word Reading in Bulgarian Children and Adults 275 Armina Janyan and Elena Andonova 18. Early Phonological Skill as a Predictor of Reading Acquisition in Latvian 291 Ieva Sprugevica, Ingrida Paunna, and Torleiv Hoien 19. If John Were Ivan, Would He Fail in Reading? 303 Elena L. Grigorenko 20. Reading in Arabic Orthography: Characteristics, Research Findings, and Assessment 321 Salim Abu-Rabia and Haitham Taha 21. Hebrew Orthography and Literacy 339 Dorit Ravid 22. Persian Orthography and Its Relation to Literacy 365 Bahman Baluch 23. Literacy Acquisition in Korean Hangul: Investigating the Perceptual and Phonological Processing of Good and Poor Readers 377 Jeesun Kim and Chris Davis 24. The Kagunita of Kannada.Learning to Read and Write an Indian Alphasyllabary 389 Prathibha Karanth 25. Literacy in Kiswahili 405 K. J. Alcock 26. Reading Chinese 421 Him Cheung, Catherine McBride-Chang, and Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow II: LITERACY ACQUISITION FROM CROSS-LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES 27. Theoretical Framework for Beginning Reading in Different Orthographies 441 Philip H. K. Seymour 28. Orthography, Phonology, and Reading Development: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective 463 Usha Goswami 29. Literacy Acquisition in Japanese.English Bilinguals 481 Nobuhiko Akamatsu 30. Learning to Spell in Different Languages: How Orthographic Variables Might Affect Early Literacy 497 M. Caravolas 31. Reading Acquisition in Different Orthographies: Evidence from Direct Comparisons 513 Karin Landerl 32. Learning to Read: The Effect of Orthography 531 Mikko Aro 33. Learning to Spell From Print and Learning to Spell From Speech: A Study of Spelling of Children Who Speak Tamil, A Dravidian Language 551 P. G. Aaron 34. Learning to Spell by Ear and by Eye: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison 569 R. Malatesha Joshi, Torleiv Hoien, Xiwu-Feng, Rajni Chengappa, and Regina Boulware-Gooden III: LITERACY ACQUISITION: INSTRUCTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 35. Knowledge About Letters as a Foundation for Reading and Spelling 581 Rebecca Treiman 36. Morphology and Spelling: What Have Morphemes to Do With Spelling? 601 Peter Bryant, H¢-el`ene Deacon, and Terezinha Nunes 37. Metalinguistic Abilities, Phonological Recoding Skill, and the Use of Context in Beginning Reading Development: A Longitudinal Study 617 William E. Tunmer and James W. Chapman 38. The Case for Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Simple Phonics to Preschoolers 637 Thomas Nicholson and Giok Lian Ng 39. Alphabetics Instruction Helps Students Learn to Read 649 Linnea C. Ehri 40. The Effectiveness of Synthetic Phonics Teaching in Developing Reading and Spelling Skills in English-Speaking Boys and Girls 679 Rhona S. Johnston and Joyce E. Watson 41. Genetic?? and Environmental Influences on the Development of Reading and Related Cognitive Skills 693 Richard K. Olson 42. Maternal Mediation in a Young Child¡¯s Writing Activity: A Sociocultural Perspective 709 Dorit Aram, Ofra Korat, and Iris Levin 43. Foundations for Studying Basic Processes in Reading 735 Richard L. Venezky Author Index 000 Subject Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Language acquisition.
Literacy.
Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling.