Beyond Language Orders: Orthographic Processing and Word Reading in Spanish-English Bilinguals

Autor/inn/en	Deacon, S. Helene; Chen, Xi; Luo, Yang; Ramirez, Gloria
Titel	Beyond Language Orders: Orthographic Processing and Word Reading in Spanish-English Bilinguals
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Reading, 36 (2013) 1, S.58-74 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-0423
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9817.2011.01490.x
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Spanish Speaking; English; Educational Attainment; Mothers; Verbal Ability; Nonverbal Ability; Naming; Phonological Awareness; Reading Skills; Correlation; Language Processing; Orthographic Symbols; Grade 4; Grade 7; Foreign Countries; Reading Processes; Latin Americans; Canada; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; English language; Englisch; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mother; Mutter; Mündliche Leistung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Korrelation; Sprachverarbeitung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Ausland; Leseprozess; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Kanada
Abstract	We present the results of an empirical test of the hypothesis that transfer of orthographic processing to reading occurs when the scripts under acquisition are written with the same unit (specifically, the same alphabet). We tested 97 Spanish-English bilingual children in Grades 4 and 7. We measured mother's education level, verbal and nonverbal abilities, rapid automatised naming and phonological awareness as control variables, as well as orthographic processing and reading in both of the children's languages. First, there was a relationship between orthographic processing and reading within both English and Spanish reading, a finding that is novel for the more transparent script of Spanish. Second, orthographic processing assessed in Spanish was related to English reading, even after substantive controls. This pattern of results offers support for the idea that orthographic processing transfers to reading across languages, when the scripts are written with the same unit. (Contains 3 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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