Phoneme awareness is a key component of alphabetic literacy skills in consistent and inconsistent orthographies: Evidence from Czech and English children

M Caravolas; J Volin; C Hulme

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2005.04.003

Phoneme awareness is a key component of alphabetic literacy skills in consistent and inconsistent orthographies: Evidence from Czech and English children

M Caravolas, J Volin, C Hulme

Psychology

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Abstract

Two studies investigated the importance of phoneme awareness relative to other predictors in the development of reading and spelling among children learning a consistent orthography (Czech) and an inconsistent orthography (English). In Study 1, structural equation models revealed that Czech (n = 107) and English (n = 71) data were fitted well by the same predictors of reading and spelling. Phoneme awareness was a unique predictor in all models. In Study 2, Czech (n = 40) and English (it = 27) children with dyslexia showed similar deficits on phoneme awareness relative to their age- and spelling-matched control peers. Phoneme awareness appears to be a core component skill of alphabetic literacy, which is equally important for learners of consistent and inconsistent orthographies. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-139
Number of pages	33
Journal	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Volume	92
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2005.04.003
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

Keywords

phoneme awareness
orthographic consistency
cross-linguistic
literacy development
DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
READING ACQUISITION
REGULAR ORTHOGRAPHY
GERMAN CHILDREN
DIFFICULTIES
DUTCH
MANIFESTATION
SEGMENTATION
FOUNDATIONS

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