An investigation of morphological awareness and processing in adults with low literacy

Morphological awareness, which is an understanding of how words can be broken down into smaller units of meaning such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes, has emerged as an important contributor to word reading and comprehension skills. The first aim of the current study was to investigate the contribu...

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Published in:Applied psycholinguistics 2015-03, Vol.36 (2), p.245-273
Main Authors: TIGHE, ELIZABETH L., BINDER, KATHERINE S.
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Adult Basic Education
Adult education
Adult Literacy
Adult Students
Adults
Decoding
Educational Development
Grade 6
Language
Linguistics
Literacy
Longitudinal Studies
Morphological complexity
Morphological processing
Morphology
Morphophonemics
Naming
Oral reading
Phonological awareness
Prefixes
Reading Achievement
Reading comprehension
Reading Skills
Suffixes
Teaching Methods
Words
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subjects Adult Basic Education
Adult education
Adult Literacy
Adult Students
Adults
Decoding
Educational Development
Grade 6
Language
Linguistics
Literacy
Longitudinal Studies
Morphological complexity
Morphological processing
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Prefixes
Reading Achievement
Reading comprehension
Reading Skills
Suffixes
Teaching Methods
Words
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