ERIC Number: EJ684931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 11
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Becoming a Fluent Reader: Reading Skill and Prosodic Features in the Oral Reading of Young Readers
Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Hamilton, Anne Marie; Kuhn, Melanie R.; Wisenbaker, Joseph M.; Stahl, Steven A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v96 n1 p119-129 Mar 2004
Prosodic reading, or reading with expression, is considered one of the hallmarks of fluent reading. The major purpose of the study was to learn how reading prosody is related to decoding and reading comprehension skills. Suprasegmental features of oral reading were measured in 2nd- and 3rd-grade children (N = 123) and 24 adults. Reading comprehension and word decoding skills were assessed. Children with faster decoding speed made shorter and less variable intersentential pauses, shorter intrasentential pauses, larger sentence-final fundamental frequency (F-sub-0) declinations, and better matched the adult prosodic F-sub-0 profile. Two structural equation models found evidence of a relationship between decoding speed and reading prosody as well as decoding speed and comprehension. There was only minimal evidence that prosodic reading was an important mediator of reading comprehension skill.
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Structural Equation Models, Oral Reading, Decoding (Reading), Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Measures (Individuals), Adults, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Basic Education; Grade 2; Grade 3
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Language: English
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