Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Can phonemic awareness be trained in kindergarten?

Can phonemic awareness be trained in kindergarten? The effect of a training program designed to develop phonemic awareness skills in kindergarten was assessed in a study involving three experimental groups and two control groups. The degree of structure imposed upon the program was varied in the experimental groups. One control group was trained in non‐verbal auditory discrimination, and the second control group followed the ordinary preschool program during the 6–8 week observational period. A clear improvement in the ability to segment and blend three‐phoneme words was observed in the highly structured training cohdition, especially among the children with poor pre‐test performance, while no clear changes from pre‐ to post‐test were found in the other groups. It was concluded that phonemic awareness can be developed in prereaders outside the context of formal reading instruction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Wiley

Can phonemic awareness be trained in kindergarten?

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/can-phonemic-awareness-be-trained-in-kindergarten-6lbCOc0vJJ

References (15)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0036-5564
eISSN
1467-9450
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.1983.tb00473.x
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The effect of a training program designed to develop phonemic awareness skills in kindergarten was assessed in a study involving three experimental groups and two control groups. The degree of structure imposed upon the program was varied in the experimental groups. One control group was trained in non‐verbal auditory discrimination, and the second control group followed the ordinary preschool program during the 6–8 week observational period. A clear improvement in the ability to segment and blend three‐phoneme words was observed in the highly structured training cohdition, especially among the children with poor pre‐test performance, while no clear changes from pre‐ to post‐test were found in the other groups. It was concluded that phonemic awareness can be developed in prereaders outside the context of formal reading instruction.

Journal

Scandinavian Journal of PsychologyWiley

Published: Sep 1, 1983

There are no references for this article.