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Multilayered Word Structure Model for Assessing Spelling of Finnish Children in Shallow Orthography
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Kulju, Pirjo; Mäkinen, Marita – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
This study explores Finnish children's word-level spelling by applying a linguistically based multilayered word structure model for assessing spelling performance. The model contributes to the analytical qualitative assessment approach in order to identify children's spelling performance for enhancing writing skills. The children (N = 105)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spelling, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Grade 1
Orthography Does Not Hinder Non-Native Production Learning in Children
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Immonen, Katja; Peltola, Kimmo U.; Tamminen, Henna; Alku, Paavo; Peltola, Maija S. – Second Language Research, 2023
Children are known to be fast learners due to their neural plasticity. Learning a non-native language (L2) requires the mastering of new production patterns. In classroom settings, learners are not only exposed to the acoustic input, but also to the unfamiliar grapheme-phoneme correspondences of the L2 orthography. We tested how 9-10-year-old…
Descriptors: Written Language, Second Language Learning, Acoustics, Linguistic Input
Vowel Confusion Patterns in Adults during Initial 4 Years of Implant Use
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Vaalimaa, Taina T.; Sorri, Martti J.; Laitakari, Jaakko; Sivonen, Ville; Muhli, Arto – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This study investigated adult cochlear implant users' (n == 39) vowel recognition and confusions by an open-set syllable test during 4 years of implant use, in a prospective repeated-measures design. Subjects' responses were coded for phoneme errors and estimated by the generalized mixed model. Improvement in overall vowel recognition was highest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Assistive Technology, Vowels
Phoneme Recognition and Confusions with Multichannel Cochlear Implants: Vowels.
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Valimaa, Taina T.; Maatta, Taisto K.; Lopponen, Heikki J.; Sorri, Martti J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
A study investigated how 19 Finnish adults who were postlingually severely or profoundly hearing impaired would relearn to recognize vowels after receiving multi-channel cochlear implants. Average vowel recognition was 68% 6 months after switch-on, and 80% 24 months after switch-on. Vowels y, e, and o were most difficult. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
Keys to Phonemic Symbols: English Phonology on the Computer.
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Gurney, Ian – ELT Journal, 1987
Illustrates how the use of an appropriately designed keyboard can help with the learning of a set of symbols for transcribing English and at the same time provide learners of English with a picture of its phonological system. Although the computer has an instrumental role in the development of the idea, it is not essential for its implementation.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Computer Assisted Instruction, Consonants, English (Second Language)
Phoneme Communication of the Deaf; Theory and Elementary Visio-Oral Verbal Education by Means of Individualized Visiophonemes.
Pesonen, Jaakko – Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, 1968
Theoretical considerations of phoneme construction were explored and a study was made of phoneme efficiency for deaf communication in Finland which utilized 128 deaf pupils (77 boys and 51 girls from grades 3 to 8 and from ages 8 to 15). The main factors of defective production were found in visual reception. It was concluded that, on the average,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Training, Consonants