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ERIC Number: EJ368660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Acquisition of Reading and Spelling in a Syllabo-Alphabetic Writing System.
Patel, P. G.; Soper, Henry V.
Language and Speech, v30 pt1 p69-82 Jan-Mar 1987
Examined written language tasks in 120 Gujarati-speaking children from grades two through four to assess the development of such skills in a syllabo-alphabetic writing system. Results indicated that the syllabo-alphabetic system of Devanagari proved to follow the models of reading acquisition constructed for alphabetic systems. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Language Processing, Linguistics, Orthographic Symbols, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Spelling, Writing Research, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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