The effects of spelling consistency on phonological awareness: A comparison of English and German Export

@article{citeulike:342084, abstract = {Within alphabetic languages, spelling-to-sound consistency can differ dramatically. For example, English and German are very similar in their phonological and orthographic structure but not in their consistency. In English the letter a is pronounced differently in the words bank, ball, and park, whereas in German the letter a always has the same pronunciation (e.g., Ball, Park, Bank). It is often argued that reading acquisition has a reciprocal effect on phonological awareness. As reading is acquired, therefore, spoken language representation may be affected differently for English and German children. Prior to literacy acquisition, however, phonological representation in English and German children should be similar due to the similar phonological structure of the two languages. We explored this hypothesis by comparing phonological awareness at the rime and phoneme levels in prereaders and beginning readers in English and German. Similar developmental effects were indeed observed in prereaders, but differential effects had emerged within the first year of reading instruction.}, author = {Goswami, Usha and Ziegler, Johannes C. and Richardson, Ulla}, citeulike-article-id = {342084}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WJ9-4GTW957-1/2/2109021a129bf4ad63efd40d43205365}, doi = {10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.002}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Child Psychology}, keywords = {alphabetic\_principle, child, english, german, orthography, reading\_acquisition, spelling}, posted-at = {2005-10-06 06:31:23}, priority = {5}, title = {The effects of spelling consistency on phonological awareness: A comparison of English and German}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.002}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:342084 L3 - citeulike-article-id:342084 N2 - Within alphabetic languages, spelling-to-sound consistency can differ dramatically. For example, English and German are very similar in their phonological and orthographic structure but not in their consistency. In English the letter a is pronounced differently in the words bank, ball, and park, whereas in German the letter a always has the same pronunciation (e.g., Ball, Park, Bank). It is often argued that reading acquisition has a reciprocal effect on phonological awareness. As reading is acquired, therefore, spoken language representation may be affected differently for English and German children. Prior to literacy acquisition, however, phonological representation in English and German children should be similar due to the similar phonological structure of the two languages. We explored this hypothesis by comparing phonological awareness at the rime and phoneme levels in prereaders and beginning readers in English and German. Similar developmental effects were indeed observed in prereaders, but differential effects had emerged within the first year of reading instruction. JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology TI - The effects of spelling consistency on phonological awareness: A comparison of English and German VL - In Press, Corrected Proof KW - alphabetic_principle KW - child KW - english KW - german KW - orthography KW - reading_acquisition KW - spelling AU - Goswami, Usha AU - Ziegler, Johannes AU - Richardson, Ulla UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.002 ER -