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Learning to Read and Write: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective: 2 (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 2) - Softcover

Harris, Margaret

 
9780521027182: Learning to Read and Write: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective: 2 (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521027187 ISBN 13: 9780521027182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Cross-linguistic perspective on how children learn to read and write in different languages and scripts.

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Review

"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

Book Description

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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521027187
ISBN 13 
9780521027182
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264