Journal of Research in Reading

Learning to read in more than one language (2011) - Free sample issue
Guest Editors: Hélène Deacon and Kate Cain

Writing Development: Cognitive, Sociocultural, Linguistic Perspectives (2010)
Guest Editors: Debra Myhill and Ros Fisher

Orthographic Processes in Reading (2008)
Guest Editors: Anne Castles and Kate Nation

Reading and Literacy in Developing Countries (2007)
Guest Editors: Amos Paran and Eddie Williams

Prosodic Sensitivity and Reading Development (2006)
Guest Editors: Lesly Wade-Woolley and Clare Wood

Reading and Genetics (2006)
Guest Editors: Prof Max Coltheart and Kate Nation

Visual Factors in Reading (2005)
Guest Editors: Dr Piers Cornelissen and Chris Singleton

Reading Beyond the Basics: Multiple Perspectives (2004)
Guest Editors: Ros Fisher and Morag Stuart

Assessing Literacy (2004)
Guest Editors: Chris Singleton and Denis Vincent

This award, launched in 2008, is given annually for research judged to be exemplary in either of UKLA’s journals - Journal of Research in Reading and Literacy.

Journal of Research in Reading

2011 Winning Article

Parent–child reading in English as a second language: Effects on language and literacy development of Chinese kindergarteners
Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow, Catherine McBride-Chang, Him Cheung
(Volume 33, Issue 3, August 2010)

Read the winning article and the following shortlisted articles online for free.

Shortlisted Articles from JRR

Examining the prediction of reading comprehension on different multiple-choice tests
Rune Andreassen, Ivar Bråten
(Volume 33, Issue 3, August 2010)

Readers' tellings: Narrators, settings, flashbacks and comprehension
Stephen B. Kucer
(Volume 33, Issue 3, August 2010)

A meta-analysis of the relationship between student attitudes towards reading and achievement in reading
Yaacov Petscher
(Volume 33, Issue 4, November 2010)

Syntactic boundaries and comma placement during silent reading of Chinese text: evidence from eye movements
Gui-Qin Ren, Yufang Yang
(Volume 33, Issue 2, May 2010)

For more information and to view past winners, visit the UKLA website.