From Script to Speed: How First Language Influences Reading

Half the world is multilingual but does one's first writing system shape how you read in English?

A new study from the McGill Language & Multilingualism lab first-authored by graduate student, Naima Mansuri, finds L1 script (alphabetic, logographic, alphasyllabic) impacts L2 reading speed & accuracy beyond usage. Co-authors include current and former lab members: Esteban Hernández-Rivera, Pauline Palma, Antonio Iniesta, and lab director, Professor Debra Titone. Open access paper at the following link:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/applied-psycholinguistics/article/how-does-ones-first-language-writing-script-modulate-second-language-reading-evidence-from-the-english-reading-online-project-enro/0232AF1AAB66C4D2C5ECE29862A7A38D