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Language Practices Among Children and Youth in Indonesia
This open access book presents studies of language use in Indonesia, focusing on children and youth. It reports on developments in the use of...
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Mental health among children with and without reading difficulties
This study explored the relationship between mental health, i.e., depression and anxiety, and reading difficulties (RD) in Chinese elementary school...
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Phonological syllables allow children with developmental dyslexia to access words
Learning to read is a middle-distance race for children worldwide. Most of them succeed in this acquisition with “normal” difficulties that ensue...
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Are comorbidities of poor reading related to elevated anxiety in children?
Studies of the association between dyslexia and mental health have typically tried to minimise the influence of dyslexia comorbidities on the...
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Children and the Interpretation of the Gugon Tuhon: The Age Factor
Gugon tuhon is a speech used by Javanese parents to give advice and teach good behaviors to their children. This paper deals with the children’s age...
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Numeral comprehension in children with different levels of language proficiency
Reading comprehension and arithmetic skills are essential abilities for children, particularly at the early career. Examine the link between language...
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Are children with early literacy difficulties at risk for anxiety disorders in late childhood?
The present study examined whether literacy difficulties in both grades 2 and 3 are associated with social and generalized anxiety within the school...
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Reading and emotional-behavioural development in Finnish children: a longitudinal study of associations
Poor reading has been linked to negative outcomes on a wide range of emotional-behavioural dimensions in children. However, little is known about the...
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Predicting variation in word decoding development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children
Background: Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children may experience difficulties in word decoding development. Aims: We aimed to compare and predict...
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Spelling development of children with and without reading difficulties throughout elementary grades: evidence from the Greek orthography
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the development of spelling in a large sample ( N = 503, boys: N = 219) of Greek-speaking...
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Two facets of context sensitivity and reading comprehension in L2 children
Using context to derive a word’s meaning is typically conceptualized as part of the reading comprehension process. However, context sensitivity...
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Lexical Cohesion in the Narrative Produced by Javanese School-Age Children in Pati
This chapter presents a study which discussed the narrations in Bahasa Indonesia by children in Pati, Central Java, who still use Javanese at home....
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Co-occurrence and cognitive basis of low language and low reading skills in children speaking a transparent language
We investigated the comorbidity of low language and reading skills in 6- to 8-year-old monolingual Polish-speaking children ( N = 962) using three...
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Exploring the writing attainment gap: profiling writing challenges and predictors for children with English as an additional language
While there is some evidence of a gap in English writing achievement between children with English as an additional language (EAL) compared to their...
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The cognitive-linguistic profiles and academic performances of Chinese children with dyslexia across cultures: Bei**g, Hong Kong, and Taipei
This study examined the cognitive-linguistic and literacy-related correlates of dyslexia in three Chinese cities and the English word reading and...
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Binocular coordination of children with dyslexia and typically develo** children in linguistic and non-linguistic tasks: evidence from eye movements
Given the increased evidence suggesting the presence of binocular coordination deficits in dyslexia, investigations of binocular eye movements are...
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Predictors of Chinese reading in Chinese monolingual and Chinese–English bilingual children in Mainland China
There is a growing number of children learning to read in bilingual environments, yet research on the uniqueness of reading acquisition in these...
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Reading performance in children with ADHD: an eye-tracking study
Reading disabilities have a profound impact on the academic performance and achievement of children. Although oculomotor pattern abnormalities during...
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The Universal Experience of Migrant Children
In previous chapters, it was suggested that the documentaries aired by the PBS program POV tended to approach migration as a phenomenon with...
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English reading performance by Spanish speaking children: A phonologically or semantically mediated pathway?
Reading acquisition involves connections between the spoken language and the writing system. The English-language writing system holds an...