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Front -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO READING THE WORLD'S SCRIPTS -- 2. SCRIPTS AND WRITING SYSTEMS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 3. OPTIMAL ORTHOGRAPHIES -- 5. THE CREE SYLLABARY AND THE WRITING SYSTEM RIDDLE: A PARADIGM IN CRISIS -- 7. ORTHOGRAPHY AND READING IN KANNADA: A DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGE -- 10. SCRIPT FACTORS THAT AFFECT LITERACY: ALPHABETIC VS. LOGOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES -- 12. DIFFERENTIAL PROCESSING OF CONTENT WORDS AND FUNCTION WORDS: CHINESE CHARACTERS VS. PHONETIC SCRIPTS -- 14. ASYMMETRIES BETWEEN READING AND WRITING FOR JAPANESE CHILDREN -- 16. WRITING SYSTEMS AND ACQUISITION OF READING IN AMERICAN, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE FIRST-GRADERS -- 17. BRAHMI SCRIPTS, ORTHOGRAPHIC UNITS AND READING ACQUISITION -- 18. ORTHOGRAPHIC AND COGNITIVE PROCESSING IN LEARNING TO READ ENGLISH AND HEBREW -- 19. SCRIPT DIRECTIONALITY AFFECTS NONLINGUISTIC PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM HINDI AND URDU -- AUTHOR INDEX

This volume highlights the shortcomings concerning literacy development in Africa and collates the current available literature based on empirical research in various countries in a coherent manner. Further emphasized is how the current research can guide practical information to improve the literacy situation in Africa. The research studies will encompass various fields such as linguistics, neurosciences, and education and will provide future research directions and instructional recommendations to improve the literacy situation in Africa

This volume highlights the shortcomings concerning literacy development in Africa and collates the current available literature based on empirical research in various countries in a coherent manner. Further emphasized is how the current research can guide practical information to improve the literacy situation in Africa. The research studies will encompass various fields such as linguistics, neurosciences, and education and will provide future research directions and instructional recommendations to improve the literacy situation in Africa.