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Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences: Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages
Edited by Hye K. Pae
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 7] 2018
► pp. 267–292

Chapter 13
Orthographic and phonological processing in L2-English word recognition

Longitudinal observations from Grade 9 to 11 in EFL learners in Japan

There has been a general consensus that readers develop different cognitive mechanisms in response to linguistic properties of languages and writing systems in which they read, and that processing capacities acquired in the first language (L1) may transfer to reading in another language. However, findings from developmental studies are substantially mixed. To address the conflicting results, this study examined an English word recognition trajectory in L1-Japanese secondary school students from Grade 9 to 11 using a longitudinal research design and observing the relative contribution of orthographic and phonological processing to word recognition. Contrary to the developmental trend in L1-English readers, the significant predictor of word recognition was orthographic processing in lower grades and phonological processing in Grade 11, suggesting the different developmental pathway between L1 and L2 word recognition for the readers of multi-script Japanese.
Keywords: orthographic processing, phonological processing, longitudinal study, secondary school students, Japanese EFL learners, L2-English word recognition
Article outline
  • Introduction
    • Writing systems and cognitive processes in reading
    • Orthographic and phonological processing in L2-English word recognition by L1-non-alphabetic readers
    • Measurement of orthographic and phonological processing
    • The present study
  • Method
    • Participants
    • Materials
    • Numeral processing
    • Word recognition
    • Orthographic processing
    • Phonological processing
    • Procedure
    • Analysis
    • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 10 July 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.7.13yam
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