The acquisition of reading fluency in an orthographically transparent language (Italian): An eye movement longitudinal study

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De Luca, Maria [1 ]
Zeri, Fabrizio [2 ,3 ]
Spinelli, Donatella [1 ,4 ]
Zoccolotti, Pierluigi [1 ,2 ]
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[1] IRCSS Fdn Santa Lucia, Sci Inst Res Hospitalizat & Hlth Care, Neuropsychol Unit, I-00179 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Psychol, Rome, Italy
[3] Roma Tre Univ, Dept Phys, Fac Math Phys & Nat Sci, Rome, Italy
[4] Univ Rome Foro Ital, Rome, Italy
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MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR | 2010年 / 16卷 / 03期
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eye movements; reading; learning; longitudinal study; reading fluency; child development; DYSLEXIA; LENGTH; RECOGNITION; CHILDREN;
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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Background: The aim of this study was to examine longitudinally the acquisition of reading fluency in a shallow orthography from the very beginning using eye movement recordings. The development of reading fluency is easier to examine in shallow (such as German, Finnish, or Italian) rather than in opaque (such as English or French) orthographies because the former limit the presence of speed-accuracy trade-offs at early stages of acquisition. To date, only cross-sectional eye movement studies of reading development are available. Material/Methods: One normally developing child was assessed at the very beginning of first grade and at the end of the first, second, and fifth grades. Eye movement parameters during reading, reading speed and accuracy in a standard reading test, and vocal reaction time at onset to single words varying in length were measured. Results: Reading fluency improved dramatically during the first grade and progressively less thereafter: the word-length effect decreased abruptly by the end of the first grade and then less onwards. The rate of improvement closely followed a power function. This pattern held for standard reading tests, various eye movement parameters during reading, and vocal reaction times to single word onset. Conclusions: These longitudinal observations indicate the rapid acquisition of reading fluency in a transparent orthography showing that the largest changes occurred within the first year of education.
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