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Phoneme Segmentation Training: Effect on Reading Readiness.
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Ball, Eileen W.; Blachman, Benita A. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
A group of 30 nonreading kindergarten children who received 7 weeks of instruction in phoneme segmentation and letter names/sounds were assessed on segmentation and reading measures. They outperformed a language activities group, which received instruction in letter names/sounds and additional language activities, and a group receiving no…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Intervention, Kindergarten, Outcomes of Education
Assessing Phoneme Awareness.
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Ball, Eileen W. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1993
This article reviews the literature on the importance of phonological awareness within the context of language/literacy learning and discusses the developmental continuum of phoneme awareness skills. Specific techniques are suggested to guide the speech-language pathologist in the assessment of phonological awareness skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Phonological Awareness: What's Important and to Whom?
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Ball, Eileen W. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1993
Examines the literature linking phoneme awareness and reading acquisition, and looks at the nature of this relationship in terms of learner and task. Summarizes findings from correlational and phoneme awareness training studies and discusses the relationship of phoneme awareness to reading. Presents explanations for low phoneme awareness skills in…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Instructional Systems, Learning Strategies