This volume includes chapters by a number of leading researchers in the area of reading and spelling development. They review what is currently known about both normal and impaired development of decoding, comprehension and spelling skills. The development of decoding skills in reading and the possible causes of impairments in decoding are given particular emphasis. In addition, the development of reading comprehension and spelling skills are also considered together with the origins of difficulties in these skills. A concluding section considers recent work on the remediation of reading and...

This book provides a synopsis of recently published empirical research into the acquisition of reading and writing in Arabic. Its particular focus is on the interplay between the linguistic and orthographic structure of Arabic and the development of reading and writing/spelling. In addition, the book addresses the socio-cultural, political and educational milieu in which Arabic literacy is embedded. It enables readers to appreciate both the implications of empirical research to literacy enhancement and the challenges and limitations to the applicability of such insights in the Arabic language...