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Silven, Maarit; Poskiparta, Elisa; Niemi, Pekka; Voeten, Marinus – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
The course of language acquisition from infancy to public primary school was followed in a sample of 56 Finnish children to examine precursors to reading at first grade. Structural equation modeling of continuity suggested effects from growth in early vocabulary to mastery of inflectional forms at preschool age. The early language directly…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Structural Equation Models, Language Acquisition, Reading Skills
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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)