Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity.

The effects of printed word frequency and transparency measures on single word reading accuracy were examined in 105 six-year-old children. The results indicated that it may be necessary to re-appraise notions of orthography-to-phonology correspondences for children of this age. The influence of ort...

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Published in:	British Journal of Psychology Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 519 - 544
Main Author:	Spencer, Ken
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell August 2010
Subjects:	English language Word frequency English orthography & spelling Reading level of students Children's language
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