Teacher’s attitude to and knowledge of metalinguistics in the
process of learning to read Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth & Purdie,
Nola M. (2005) Teacher’s attitude to and knowledge of
metalinguistics in the process of learning to read. Asia-Pacific
Journal of Teacher Education, 33(1), pp. 65-76. The aim of the
current research was to examine pre—service, general and special
education teachers attitudes to and knowledge of metalinguistics
(awareness of language structure) in the process of learning to
read. Effective teachers of reading, writing, and spelling need
to understand the relationship between speech and print because
these basic language processes are often deficient in cases of
reading failure. Teachers also need to be knowledgeable in this
area to benefit from psychologist and specialist reports. Using
a questionnaire adapted front the Teacher attitudes about early
reading and spelling survey and the Survey of linguistic
knowledge, 93 pre-service teachers; 209 general teachers and 38
special education te