Ricketts, Jessie, Bishop, D. V. M. (Dorothy V. M.) and Nation, Kate. (2008) Investigating orthographic and semantic aspects of word learning in poor comprehenders. Journal of Research in Reading, Vol.31 (No.1). pp. 117-135. ISSN 0141-0423

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Abstract

This study compared orthographic and semantic aspects of word learning in children who differed in reading comprehension skill. Poor comprehenders and controls matched for age (9–10 years), nonverbal ability and decoding skill were trained to pronounce 20 visually presented nonwords, 10 in a consistent way and 10 in an inconsistent way. They then had an opportunity to infer the meanings of the new words from story context. Orthographic learning was measured in three ways: the number of trials taken to learn to pronounce nonwords correctly, orthographic choice and spelling. Across all measures, consistent items were easier than inconsistent items and poor comprehenders did not differ from control children. Semantic learning was assessed on three occasions, using a nonword–picture matching task. While poor comprehenders showed equivalent semantic learning to controls immediately after exposure to nonword meaning, this knowledge was not well retained over time. Results are discussed in terms of the language and reading skills of poor comprehenders and in relation to current models of reading development.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	English language -- Orthography and spelling, Reading comprehension -- Great Britain, English language -- Study and teaching, Semantics (Philosophy), Reading -- Ability testing
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Research in Reading
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0141-0423
Date:	February 2008
Volume:	Vol.31
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 117-135
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-9817.2007.00365.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Wellcome Trust (London, England)
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