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Considering Word Characteristics for Spelling Accuracy: Evidence from Korean-Speaking Children
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Kim, Young-Suk; Petscher, Yaacov – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
We examined the extent to which word characteristics (i.e., differences in orthographic transparency among words) and child characteristics (i.e., emergent literacy skills) explain variation in children's spelling, using data from young Korean children (N = 168). We compared predicted probabilities of various types of words (e.g., transparent vs.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Spelling, Probability, Emergent Literacy
The Effects of Orthographic Consistency on Reading Development: A within and between Cross-Linguistic Study of Fluency and Accuracy among Fourth Grade English- and Hebrew-Speaking Children
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Katzir, Tami; Schiff, Rachel; Kim, Young-Suk – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The different level of transparency of letter-sound mapping in various orthographies has been found to influence reading development across languages. The Hebrew orthography represents a special case of within language design with two versions of the script, a transparent (vowelized) and an opaque one (unvowelized). In this study we conducted a…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Semitic Languages, Speech Communication, Reading Fluency
The Relations among L1 (Spanish) Literacy Skills, L2 (English) Language, L2 Text Reading Fluency, and L2 Reading Comprehension for Spanish-Speaking ELL First Grade Students
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Kim, Young-Suk – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We investigated the relations of L2 (i.e., English) oral reading fluency, silent reading fluency, word reading automaticity, oral language skills, and L1 literacy skills (i.e., Spanish) to L2 reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking English language learners in the first grade (N = 150). An analysis was conducted for the entire sample as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literacy, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning
Componential Skills of Beginning Writing: An Exploratory Study
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Kim, Young-Suk; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Puranik, Cynthia; Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Greulich, Luana; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The present study examined the components of end of kindergarten writing, using data from 242 kindergartners. Specifically of interest was the importance of spelling, letter writing fluency, reading, and word- and syntax-level oral language skills in writing. The results from structural equation modeling revealed that oral language, spelling, and…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Beginning Writing, Spelling, Structural Equation Models