Can Individuals with Down Syndrome Acquire Alphabetic Literacy Skills in the Absence of Phoneme Awareness?.

Cardoso-Martins, Claudia; Frith, Uta

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ERIC Number: EJ629164

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Can Individuals with Down Syndrome Acquire Alphabetic Literacy Skills in the Absence of Phoneme Awareness?

Cardoso-Martins, Claudia; Frith, Uta

Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v14 n3-4 p361-75 Jun 2001

Reports two studies investigating the relationship between phoneme awareness and word reading ability in Down syndrome (DS) subjects. Finds that the results question that phoneme awareness is not related to alphabetic reading acquisition in DS. Concludes that the ability to detect phonemic similarities in words significantly differentiated between readers and nonreaders. (SG)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Downs Syndrome, Language Acquisition, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Ability, Reading Research, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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