title: A sublexical training study for spelling in a biliterate Greek- and English-speaking child.
abstract: RI is an emergent trilingual boy, literate in Greek and English, with difficulties in reading and spelling in both languages. Assessment with non-literacy tests revealed a deficit in phonological ability and in visual memory for sequentially presented characters. RI took part in a training programme that targeted sublexical spelling processes. Post-intervention assessment revealed improvement in reading and spelling in Greek but not in English. Assessments of lexical and sublexical skills showed improvement in nonword spelling and nonword reading for Greek. For English, there was some indication of improvement in nonword reading at delayed post-intervention testing, but no evidence of improvement in nonword spelling. Possible reasons for the difference in outcome for the two languages are considered, including the level of transparency of written Greek and English.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health and Life Sciences , Coventry University , Priory St, Coventry , UK.|b Department of Psychology and Human Development , UCL Institute of Education, University College London , Gower St, London , UK.
authors.forename: Georgia Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Niolaki
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology and Human Development , UCL Institute of Education, University College London , Gower St, London , UK.|c School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee, Nethergate , Dundee , UK.
authors.forename: Aris R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Terzopoulos
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology and Human Development , UCL Institute of Education, University College London , Gower St, London , UK.
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masterson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014956:Writing
keywords: Bilingual child; Spelling intervention; Sublexical