Automaticity in Reading isiZulu

Autor/in	Land, Sandra
Titel	Automaticity in Reading isiZulu
Quelle	In: Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 7 (2016) 1, Artikel 90 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2079-8245
Schlagwörter	African Languages; Reading Processes; Adults; Native Language; Spelling; Decoding (Reading); Written Language; Alphabets; Reading Instruction; Teaching Methods; Reading Tests; Eye Movements; Word Recognition; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Leseprozess; Schreibweise; Dekodierung; Geschriebene Sprache; Buchstabenschrift; Leseunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lesetest; Augenbewegung; Worterkennung; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Automaticity, or instant recognition of combinations of letters as units of language, is essential for proficient reading in any language. The article explores automaticity amongst competent adult first-language readers of isiZulu, and the factors associated with it or its opposite - active decoding. Whilst the transparent spelling patterns of isiZulu aid learner readers, some of its orthographical features may militate against their gaining automaticity. These features are agglutination; a conjoined writing system; comparatively long, complex words; and a high rate of recurring strings of particular letters. This implies that optimal strategies for teaching reading in orthographically opaque languages such as English should not be assumed to apply to languages with dissimilar orthographies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01