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Early Akshara Knowledge in Beginner Readers in Sinhala: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Samanmali P. Sumanasena; L. B. Thilini C. Lokubalasuriya; Rajphriyadharshini Rajmohan; W. K. Hasini Iranthika; D. Chamilka C. Sooriyaarachchi; Wageesha P. Widanapathirane; J. Sachini U. Wijesiri; Sambavi Arulananthan; Tamara G. Handy; Balachandran Kumarendran – Annals of Dyslexia, 2025
A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken with Sinhala speaking students from grades 1 and 2 in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka to determine how akshara graphical features influence emerging reading skills. A battery of locally validated assessments evaluated akshara knowledge (recognition and production), word reading (accurate and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 2, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Predicting the Development of Early Reading in Chinese-Dutch Bilinguals
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Yuan, Han; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
The relationships between phonological awareness, rapid naming, short term verbal memory, letter knowledge, visual skills and word reading in kindergarten, and the predictive patterns from kindergarten to first grade were examined in 41 Chinese-Dutch bilingual children living in the Netherlands in both their first language (Chinese) and second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Naming, Short Term Memory