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Does a truly symmetrically transparent orthography exist? Spelling is more difficult than reading even in an orthography considered highly transparent for both reading and spelling (2022)
Journal Article
Babayiğit, S. (2022). Does a truly symmetrically transparent orthography exist? Spelling is more difficult than reading even in an orthography considered highly transparent for both reading and spelling. Reading and Writing, 35, 2453–2472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10259-5

Although we know that spelling develops more slowly than reading in asymmetrically transparent orthographies, such as Italian, we do not know whether spelling lags behind reading in orthographies considered symmetrically transparent for both spelling... Read More about Does a truly symmetrically transparent orthography exist? Spelling is more difficult than reading even in an orthography considered highly transparent for both reading and spelling.

Vocabulary limitations undermine bilingual children’s reading comprehension despite bilingual cognitive strengths (2022)
Journal Article
Babayiğit, S., Hitch, G. J., Kandru-Pothineni, S., Clarke, A., & Warmington, M. (2022). Vocabulary limitations undermine bilingual children’s reading comprehension despite bilingual cognitive strengths. Reading and Writing, 35(7), 1651-1673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-021-10240-8

Previous research reported bilingual cognitive strengths in working memory, executive function and novel-word learning skills (Bialystok in Psychol Bull 143:233–262, 2017; Kaushanskaya and Marian in Psychon Bull Rev 16:705–710, 2009). These skills sh... Read More about Vocabulary limitations undermine bilingual children’s reading comprehension despite bilingual cognitive strengths.