Franziska Degé|Gudrun Schwarzer
The Effect of a Music Program on Phonological Awareness in Preschoolers
University of Giessen|University of Giessen
present experiment investigated effect music program phonological awareness preschoolers particular effects music program phonological skills program phonological awareness compared language music share basic processing mechanisms effect programs enhancing phonological awareness similar fortyone preschoolers 22 boys randomly assigned phonological skills program music program control group received sports training effect expected preschoolers trained 10 min daily basis period 20 weeks pretest differences found three groups regard age gender intelligence socioeconomic status phonological awareness children phonological skills group music group showed significant increases phonological awareness pre posttest children sports group show significant increase pre posttest enhancement phonological awareness basically driven positive effects music program phonological skills program phonological awareness large phonological units data suggests phonological awareness trained phonological skills program well music program results interpreted evidence shared sound category learning mechanism language music preschool age