Rebecca Treiman|Ruth Tincoff|Kira Rodriguez|Angeliki Mouzaki|David Francis
The Foundations of Literacy: Learning the Sounds of Letters
Wayne State University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|University of Houston|University of Houston
learning sounds letters important part learning read spell explore factors make lettersound correspondences easier children learn others first analyzed knowledge letters sounds names 660 children 3 12 7 12 years old second study examined preschoolers age 4 years 11 months ability learn various soundletter mappings together results show important determinant lettersound knowledge whether sound occurs name letter whether beginning end properties sound consonant versus vowel sonorant versus obstruent stop versus continuant appear little influence childrens learning basic lettersound correspondences findings show children use knowledge letters names learning letters sounds rather memorizing lettersound correspondences arbitrary pairings