Logographic Kanji versus phonographic Kana in literacy acquisition: how important are visual and phonological skills?

It is well-established that phonological skills are important for literacy acquisition in all scripts. However, the role of visual skills is less well understood. For logographic scripts in which a symbol represents a whole word or a meaningful unit, the importance of visual memory in literacy acqui...

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Main Authors: Koyama, MS, Hansen, P, Stein, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008