Mothers Teaching their Children the Hebrew Writing System: The Effects on Children’s Early Writing and Reading Skills

2020 ◽  
pp. 263-287
Author(s):  
Adi Elimelech ◽  
Dorit Aram ◽  
Iris Levin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Early Writing ◽  
Writing System

scholarly journals Game learning analytics for understanding reading skills in transparent writing system

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 2376-2390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Niemelä ◽  
Tommi Kärkkäinen ◽  
Sami Äyrämö ◽  
Miia Ronimus ◽  
Ulla Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Writing System

An annotated translation of the ‘eye disease incantation’ in Dongba script

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Jiquan He ◽  
Xiuyun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
High Rate ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Early Writing ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Shamanic Healing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Annotated Translation ◽  
Special Category

The ‘eye disease incantation’ is a special category of manuscript recorded by the Naxi Dongba for the purpose of healing through the power of incantation and meditation. Up to now, very few Dongba texts with incantations have been discovered or published, and Dongba texts which record incantations as well as depict scenes of meditation are even more rare. There are three ways to record Dongba script found in these texts: record the language completely; express the meaning via pictures; and create an expression that combines meaning and sound. The structure of the glyphs is characteristic of an early writing system which was mainly composed of pictographs and associative compounds. However, the high rate of phonetic loan glyphs and the appearance of pictophonetic glyphs show the characteristics of a mature writing system. This type of manuscript has value for studying the evolution of the relationship between Dongba language and script, and shamanic healing culture.

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN L2 LITERACY ACQUISITION

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Henry Brice ◽  
Noam Siegelman ◽  
Mark van den Bunt ◽  
Stephen J. Frost ◽  
Jay G. Rueckl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
First Language ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Good Readers ◽  
L2 Reading ◽  
Statistical Regularities ◽  
Open Question ◽  
L2 Literacy

Abstract Statistical learning (SL) approaches to reading maintain that proficient reading requires assimilation of rich statistical regularities in the writing system. Reading skills in developing first-language readers are predicted by individual differences in sensitivity to regularities in mappings from orthography to phonology (O-P) and semantics (O-S), where good readers rely more on O-P consistency, and less on O-S associations. However, how these regularities are leveraged by second-language (L2) learners remains an open question. We utilize an individual-differences approach, measuring L2 English learners’ sensitivity to O-P, O-S, and frequency during word-naming, across two years of immersion. We show that reliance on O-P is leveraged by better readers, while reliance on O-S is slower to develop, characterizing less proficient readers. All factors explain substantial individual variance in L2 reading skills. These findings show how SL plays a key role in L2 reading development through its role in assimilating sublexical regularities between print and speech.

The Origins and Early Development of Writing in Egypt

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Regulski
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Early Writing ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Continuous Speech ◽  
Dramatic Decrease ◽  
The Third ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Early Dynastic ◽  
In The Beginning

The Egyptian writing system represents one of the oldest recorded languages known to humankind, along with Sumerian. But the system took centuries to adapt to what we now regard as its primary function: the encoding of continuous speech. Major changes in the historical and social-linguistic environment of late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (ca. 3250–2700 BC) left traces in the written communication and steered significant developments in the early writing system. After a brief introduction of the earliest evidence of writing in Egypt, this chapter will focus on the long and complex process of creating, extending, and standardizing the early hieroglyphic sign corpus. It will propose possible explanations for the dramatic decrease in the number of signs in the beginning of the third millennium BC.

Book Review: K. Rajan, Early Writing System: A Journey from Graffiti to Brahmi

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Dilip K. Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Early Writing ◽  
Writing System ◽  
System A

Determining the nature of Taliu Script and its value for the study of early writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Yuanlu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Early Writing ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Discussion

Taliu 他留 symbols are a recently discovered early writing system. Many aspects of this early writing system are relevant to the study of the history of early writing. There are several topics relating to Taliu Script that are deserving of scholarly investigation and research. For example, within the study of early writing, research on Taliu Script is especially relevant to the scholarly discussion of the “initial stage of early writing.”

Developing Evidence-Based Assessment to Prevent Over- or Underidentification of Disorders for New Language Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1026-1038
Author(s):  
Sandra Levey ◽  
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng ◽  
Diana Almodovar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Knowledge ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Support Evidence

Purpose The purpose of this review article is to present certain linguistic domains to consider in the assessment of children learning a new language. Speech-language pathologists frequently face difficulty when determining if a bilingual or multilingual child possesses a true speech or language disorder. Given the increased number of new language learners across the world, clinicians must understand differences versus disorders to prevent underidentification or overidentification of a disorder. Conclusions Early identification of a true disorder has been shown to prevent language and literacy difficulties, given that children are able to achieve grade-level reading skills when given intervention. Clinical knowledge and skills are strongly required so that children receive evidence-based assessment to support their academic development. Learning Goal Readers will gain an understanding of the factors that support evidence-based assessment of bilingual and multilingual language learners.

Oral Approach Avoidance

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 355-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Godinho ◽  
Margarida V. Garrido ◽  
Oleksandr V. Horchak
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Oral Movements ◽  
Motivational States ◽  
Oral Approach ◽  
Approach Avoidance ◽  
Abstract Words ◽  
European Family

Abstract. Words whose articulation resembles ingestion movements are preferred to words mimicking expectoration movements. This so-called in-out effect, suggesting that the oral movements caused by consonantal articulation automatically activate concordant motivational states, was already replicated in languages belonging to Germanic (e.g., German and English) and Italic (e.g., Portuguese) branches of the Indo-European family. However, it remains unknown whether such preference extends to the Indo-European branches whose writing system is based on the Cyrillic rather than Latin alphabet (e.g., Ukrainian), or whether it occurs in languages not belonging to the Indo-European family (e.g., Turkish). We replicated the in-out effect in two high-powered experiments ( N = 274), with Ukrainian and Turkish native speakers, further supporting an embodied explanation for this intriguing preference.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document