In Cambodia, just over four per cent of the population aged 6–14 and two and a half per cent
of the population aged 15–24 have never attended school; in addition, dropout also remains …

The ability to read requires processing the letter identities in the word and their order, but it is
by no means obvious that our long-term memory representations of words spellings consist …

Computational models of reading have played an important role in theorizing about
developmental dyslexia. In particular, simulations of how children learn to read, based on …

What is orthographic working memory (OWM)? And what is its role in Chinese spelling? This
chapter reviews convergent theoretical and empirical evidence that advocates the specificity …

In this chapter, we focus specifically on dyslexia, dysgraphia, and poor reading
comprehension across cultures. These literacy difficulties represent a source of adversity in …

Linguistic systems, be they spoken, written, or signed, are hypothesised to be shaped by
pressures towards communicative efficiency that drive processes of simplification. A …

This study aimed at assessing reading rates for learners in grade seven English second
language (ESL) in Morogoro region, Tanzania. A total of 220 participants were randomly …

Informal reports have shown larger face-elicited N170 component of event-related potential
(ERP) in Asians than Caucasians participants. I proposed that different experience with …

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the role of early Arabic literacy skills in predicting
reading fluency among third graders in public schools in Qatar. Methods: To achieveits …

This study examined how language knowledge and item properties (ie, semantic
relatedness and position) influenced Chinese missing logographeme effects. Eighty-four …