Ax for Reading

Question 1

Main Ax Tasks

Answer 1

Written word to pic matching
Reading aloud NW/RW
Written synonym judgement
Written lexical decision making

Question 2

Where to start

Answer 2

Written word to pic matching - whole pathway
Reading aloud - 3 different routes
Word choice - high/low frequency, high/low imageability, irreg/reg words, look for frequency and imageability effects.
Analyse error types - visual, phonological or semantic.

Question 3

Testing the VOA

Answer 3

Written letter recognition

Letter length reading - length effect

Question 4

Testing the OIL

Answer 4

Written lexical decision - reg/irreg words

Reading aloud

Question 5

Testing the Ortho-Phon Conversion

Answer 5

Reading aloud NWs - lexacalisation effect.