TY - JOUR
T1 - Spelling pronunciations: transforming irregularity into regularity
AU - Landerl, K.
AU - Thaler, V.
AU - Reitsma, P.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In a 10-day training, the efficacy of spelling pronunciations on German speaking 5th-graders' spelling skills for irregular words was examined. Poor spellers were less efficient in learning the spelling pronunciations than age-adequate spellers. On post-tests, 1 week after the last training day and between 5 and 12 weeks after post-test 1, poor and age-adequate spellers spelled significantly more words correctly than matched control groups that received a comparable training without spelling pronunciations. Thus, spelling pronunciations provide an efficient means for the build-up of stable, phonologically underpinned orthographic representations for irregular word spellings. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - In a 10-day training, the efficacy of spelling pronunciations on German speaking 5th-graders' spelling skills for irregular words was examined. Poor spellers were less efficient in learning the spelling pronunciations than age-adequate spellers. On post-tests, 1 week after the last training day and between 5 and 12 weeks after post-test 1, poor and age-adequate spellers spelled significantly more words correctly than matched control groups that received a comparable training without spelling pronunciations. Thus, spelling pronunciations provide an efficient means for the build-up of stable, phonologically underpinned orthographic representations for irregular word spellings. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.10.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-4752
VL - 18
SP - 295
EP - 308
JO - Learning and Instruction
JF - Learning and Instruction
ER -
