Reading Research and Practice: Indian Perspective

New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2017 Dec;2017(158):43-53. doi: 10.1002/cad.20222.

Abstract

The authors outline the basic structure of akshara, the basic unit of writing in Indic writing systems used widely in South and Southeast Asia; present preliminary studies relating to reading, assessment, and instruction of akshara; and outline recommendations for future studies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Child
  • Dyslexia / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Literacy*
  • Reading*
  • Writing*