The Contribution of Phonological and Orthographic Processing Skills to Adult ESL Reading: Evidence from Native Speakers of Farsi.

Nassaji, Hossein; Geva, Esther

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ERIC Number: EJ589652

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Contribution of Phonological and Orthographic Processing Skills to Adult ESL Reading: Evidence from Native Speakers of Farsi.

Nassaji, Hossein; Geva, Esther

Applied Psycholinguistics, v20 n2 p241-67 Jun 1999

Investigated the role of phonological and orthographic processing skills in second-language reading of 60 native-Farsi-speaking English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) graduate students. Three types of ESL reading variables were used: reading and comprehension, silent reading rate, and ability to recognize individual words. Efficiency in phonological and orthographic processing contributed significantly to individual differences on the measures. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graduate Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Native Speakers, Orthographic Symbols, Persian, Phonology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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