Cambridge Studies: Learning to Read and Write A Cross-Linguistic Perspective HC

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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Topic
Writing
ISBN
9780521621847
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521621844
ISBN-13
9780521621847
eBay Product ID (ePID)
415482

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Learning to Read and Write : a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Type
Textbook
Author
Patricia M. Greenfield
Subject Area
Psychology
Series
Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-036594
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"This book provides us with abundant evidence that across a wide range of countries and across the full gamut of reading systems, there is a very close relationship between how easy it is to learn to read and how well the writing system being acquired permits nonlexical print-to-sound translation. Why should this be so? The self-teaching hypothesis provides an appealing answer to this question; hence, the data reported in this book provide strong evidence that this hypothesis is correct." Contemporary Psychology, APA Review of Books
Series Volume Number
Series Number 2
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
401/.93
Table Of Content
List of contributors; 1. Introduction: a cross-linguistic perspective on learning to read and write Margaret Harris and Giyoo Hatano; 2. The acquisition of Italian orthography Giuseppe Cossu; 3. Learning to read German: normal and impaired acquisition Heinz Wimmer, Karin Landerl and Uta Frith; 4. Learning to read and spell in Greek: the importance of letter knowledge and morphological awareness Margaret Harris and Vicky Giannouli; 5. Phonological awareness, syntactic awareness and learning to read and spell in Brazilian Portuguese Lucia Lins Browne Rego; 6. Learning to read and write in Hebrew David Share and Iris Levin; 7. Different morphemes, same spelling problems: cross-linguistic developmental studies Peter Bryant, Terezhina Nunes and Athanasios Aidinis; 8. The relationship between phonological awareness and orthographic representation in different orthographies Usha Goswami; 9. Learning to read in Scandinavia Ingvar Lundberg; 10. Learning to read Chinese J. Richard Hanley, Ovid Tzeng and H.-S. Huang; 11. Reading skill development in bilingual Singaporean children Susan Rickard Liow; 12. Learning to read and write in Japanese Kiyomi Akita and Giyoo Hatano; Index.
Synopsis
For many years, the development of theories about the way children learn to read and write was dominated by studies of English-speaking populations. As we have learned more about the way that children learn to read and write other scripts, it has become clear that many of the difficulties that confront children learning to read and write English specifically are less evident, or even nonexistent, in other populations. At the same time, some aspects of learning to read and write are very similar across scripts. The unique cross-linguistic perspective offered in this book, including chapters on Japanese, Greek and the Scandinavian languages as well as English, shows how the processes of learning to read and spell are affected by the characteristics of the writing system that children are learning to master. Researchers in psycholinguistics and educational psychology will welcome this important volume., For many years, the development of theories about the way children learn to read and write was dominated by studies of English-speaking populations. As we have learned more about the way that children learn to read and write other scripts - whether they have less regularity in their grapheme-phoneme correspondences or do not make use of alphabetic symbols at all - it has become clear that many of the difficulties that confront children learning to read and write English specifically are less evident, or even non-existent, in other populations. At the same time, some aspects of learning to read and write are very similar across scripts. The unique cross-linguistic perspective offered in this book, including chapters on Japanese, Greek and the Scandinavian languages as well as English, shows how the processes of learning to read and spell are affected by the characteristics of the writing system that children are learning to master., Brings a unique cross-linguistic perspective to our understanding of how children learn to read and write in different languages and scripts which vary from each other in important ways. It includes chapters on the speed with which children learn to read and spell and the strategies they adopt when learning.
LC Classification Number
P118 .L3899 1999

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