Week 3: Orthography

Hi all.

I thought it would help things out to create a new post for organizing the upcoming week's comments.

The week's topic is Orthography, and the readings are:

• Harn, B. A., Stoolmiller, M., & Chard, D. J. (2008). Measuring the dimensions of alphabetic principle on the reading development of first graders: The role of automaticity and unitization. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(2), 143-157. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2008-03121-005&site=ehost-live
  
  
• Rosenthal, J., & Ehri, L. C. (2008). The mnemonic value of orthography for vocabulary learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(1), 175-191.
  
  
• Wright, D., & Ehri, L. C. (2007). Beginners remember orthography when they learn to read words: The case of doubled letters. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28(1), 115-133.

The assignment question is:

• Choose a language other than English and describe its orthography. How would different orthographies possibly affect reading development?
  

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