1. Acquiring Orthographic Processing through Word Reading: Evidence from Children Learning to Read French and English.
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Pasquarella, Adrian, Deacon, Helene, Chen, Becky X., Commissaire, Eva, and Au-Yeung, Karen
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CLINICAL trials , *STATISTICAL correlation , *LANGUAGE & languages , *LANGUAGE acquisition , *LONGITUDINAL method , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *READING , *REGRESSION analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *T-test (Statistics) , *CONTROL groups , *EDUCATIONAL outcomes , *PARENT attitudes , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHILDREN - Abstract
This study examined the within-language and cross-language relationships between orthographic processing and word reading in French and English across Grades 1 and 2. Seventy-three children in French Immersion completed measures of orthographic processing and word reading in French and English in Grade 1 and Grade 2, as well as a series of control measures. Regressions controlled for non-verbal reasoning, phonological awareness, rapid naming, and the appropriate autoregressor of orthographic processing or word reading. Orthographic processing in Grade 1 did not predict word reading in Grade 2, in either language. Instead, within both languages, word reading in Grade 1 predicted orthographic processing in Grade 2. Cross-linguistically, French word reading was a unique predictor of growth in English orthographic processing. Theoretical and practical implications of the relationships between orthographic processing and word reading in bilinguals are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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