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References:
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You may wish to read the following references
to gain a better understanding on reading developmental and reading
disorders:
Adams, M. J. (1990). Beginning to read: thinking and learning
about print. The
MIT Press, Cambridge.
Chall, J.
S. (1996). Learning to read: The
great debate. Harcourt Brace, New York.
3rd Edition.
Bradley,
L., & Bryant, P. E. (1983). Categorizing sounds and learning to read -- a
causal connection. Nature, 301, 419-421.
Ehri, L. C. (1998).
Grapheme-phoneme knowledge is essential for learning to read words in
English. In J. L. Metsala & L. C. Ehri (Eds.),
Word recognition in beginning literacy (pp. 3-40).
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Foorman, B.R., Francis, D.J., Fletcher, J.M., Schatschneider, C., & Mehta, P. (1998). The role of instruction in learning to
read: Preventing reading
failure in at-risk children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90,
37-55.
Goswami, U. (1999).
The relationship between phonological awareness and orthographic
representation in different orthographies. In M. Harris & G. Hatano (Eds.),
Learning to reading and write: A cross-linguistic perspective (pp. 134-156). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Lyon, G. R. (1995). Towards a definition of dyslexia. Annals
of Dyslexia, 45, 3-27.
Perfetti, C. A. (1991). Representations and awareness in the
acquisition of reading competence. In L. Rieben
& C. A. Perfetti, Charles A. (Eds.),
Learning to read: Basic research and its implications (pp. 33-44). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Siok, W.T., Perfetti,
C.A.,
Jin, Z., & Tan, L.H. (2004).
Biological abnormality of impaired reading is constrained by culture. Nature, 431: 71-76.
Siok, W.T.,
& Fletcher, P. (2001). The role of phonological awareness and
visual-orthographic skills in Chinese reading acquisition. Developmental
Psychology. 36, 887-899.
Tan, L.H.,
Spinks, J.A., Eden,
G., Perfetti, C.A., & Siok, W.T.
(2005). Reading
depends on writing, in Chinese. PNAS, 102, 8781-8785.
Wagner, R. K., & Torgesen,
J. K. (1987). The nature of
phonological processing and its causal role in the acquisition of reading
skills. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 192-212.
Other reading materials will be distributed by the
lecturer during class.
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