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Che Kan Leong has written extensively on dyslexia and Chinese reading acquisition.

 

Research Professor
Educational Psychology and Special Education
University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Educational Psychology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Some of his books include:

Joshi, R.M., Leong, C.K., & Kaczmarek, B. (Eds.). (2003). Literacy acquisition: The role of phonology, orthography and morphology. Amsterdam: IOS Press (17 chapters with 217 pp.)

Kao, H.S.R., Leong, C.K., & D.G.Gao (Eds.). (2002).Cognitive neuroscience studies of the Chinese language. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press (16 chapters with 329 pp.).

Leong, C.K., & Tamaoka, K. (Eds.). (1998). Cognitive processing of the Chinese and the Japanese languages. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (15 chapters with 316 pp.).

Leong, C.K., & Joshi, R.M. (Eds.). (1997). Cross-language studies of learning to read and spell: Phonologic and orthographic processing. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (20 chapters with 427 pp.).

Leong, C.K., & Joshi, R.M. (Eds.). (1995). Developmental and acquired dyslexia: Neuropsychological and neurolinguistic perspectives. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (16 chapters with 290 pp.).

Joshi, R.M., & Leong, C.K. (Eds.). (1993). Reading disabilities: Diagnosis and component processes. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (18 chapters with 344 pp.)

Leong, C.K., & Randhawa, B.S. (Eds.). (1989). Understanding literacy and cognition: Theory, research and application . New York: Plenum Press (16 chapters with 322 pp.)

Leong, C.K. (1987). Children with specific reading disabilities. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger (10 chapters with 360 pp.)

Duane, D.D., & Leong, C.K. (Eds.). (1985). Understanding learning disabilities: International and multidisciplinary views. New York: Plenum Press (23 chapters with 272 pp.).

Downing, J., & Leong, C.K. (1982). Psychology of reading. New York: Macmillan (15 chapters with 414 pp.)

His (2000) article on Annuals of Dyslexia has an interesting example of a Chinese child’s writing (dictation), shown below without permission:

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