Phonemic Awareness and Letter Knowledge in the Child's Acquisition of the Alphabetic Principle.

Byrne, Brian; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth

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ERIC Number: EJ399794

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Phonemic Awareness and Letter Knowledge in the Child's Acquisition of the Alphabetic Principle.

Byrne, Brian; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth

Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n3 p313-21 Sep 1989

A study of acquisition of the alphabetic principle in 64 preliterate children, aged 3 to 5 years, is reported. It appears that phonemic awareness and grapheme-phoneme knowledge are needed in combination for acquisition of the alphabetic principle. Once gained, alphabetic insight proved relatively robust. (TJH)

Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Knowledge Level, Language Acquisition, Learning, Letters (Alphabet), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonemes, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Reading Skills, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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