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Peer reviewedAkamatsu, Nobuhiko – Language Learning, 2003
Investigated effects of first language (L1) orthographic features on second language (L2) reading. Three groups of fluent (L2) readers with different L1 backgrounds were given English passages printed in either alternated case or a normal manner and asked to read them for comprehension. Results suggest that because of L1 effects on basic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Non Roman Scripts, Orthographic Symbols
