Abstract
The present study investigated the associations of visual-spatial attention with word reading fluency and spelling in 92 third grade Hong Kong Chinese children. Word reading fluency was measured with a timed reading task whereas spelling was measured with a dictation task. Results showed that visual-spatial attention was a unique predictor of speeded reading accuracy (i.e., the total number of words read correctly divided by the total number of words read in a timed reading task) but not reading speed (i.e., the number of words read correctly in the same task) after controlling for age, non-verbal intelligence, morphological awareness, phonological awareness, orthographic knowledge, and rapid automatized naming. Visual-spatial attention also explained unique variance in word spelling measured with a dictation task after the same control variables. The findings of the present study suggest that visual-spatial attention is important for literacy development in Chinese children. Copyright © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1435-1447 |
| Journal | Reading and Writing |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | Apr 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2016 |
Citation
Liu, D., Chen, X., & Wang, Y. (2016). The impact of visual-spatial attention on reading and spelling in Chinese children. Reading and Writing, 29(7), 1435-1447.Keywords
- Visual-spatial attention
- Reading fluency
- Spelling
- Chinese
