Cognitive Development of Fluent Word Reading Does Not Qualitatively Differ Between Transparent and Opaque Orthographies

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 827-842

  Vaessen, Anniek ^a   Bertrand, Daisy ^b   Tóth, Dénes ^c   Csépe, Valéria ^c   Faísca, Luís ^d   Reis, Alexandra ^d   Blomert, Leo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross language comparison; Orthographic depth; Phonological awareness; Rapid naming; Reading development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649692865     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019465     Document Type: Article

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