Are Whole Word Kanji Easier to Learn than Syllable Kana?

The rarity of reading disability in Japanese children.

Kiyoshi Makita · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · 1968 · 258 citations

Education, Linguistics, Special Education +13

American Children with Reading Problems Can Easily Learn to Read English Represented by Chinese Characters

Paul Rozin, Susan Poritsky, Raina Sotsky · Science · 1971 · 188 citations

Education, Literacy Education, Special Education +17

Making Sense of Reading— And of Reading Instruction

Frank Smith · Harvard Educational Review · 1977 · 60 citations

Education, Instruction, Literacy Education +15

Reading before Speaking.

Danny D. Steinberg, Miho T. Steinberg · Visible Language · 1975 · 17 citations · Full text