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Direct linkTreiman, Rebecca; Stothard, Susan E.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
Letter names are stressed in informal and formal literacy instruction with young children in the US, whereas letters sounds are stressed in England. We examined the impact of these differences on English children of about 5 and 6 years of age (in reception year and Year 1, respectively) and US 6 year olds (in kindergarten). Children in both…
Descriptors: Spelling, Vowels, Alphabets, Young Children
Ellefson, Michelle R.; Treiman, Rebecca; Kessler, Brett – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
Learning about letters is an important foundation for literacy development. Should children be taught to label letters by conventional names, such as /bi/ for "b", or by sounds, such as /b[inverted e]/? We queried parents and teachers, finding that those in the United States stress letter names with young children, whereas those in…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Alphabets
