The proper name as starting point for basic reading skills
Open Access
- 9 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Reading and Writing
- Vol. 23 (2), 173-187
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-008-9158-2
Abstract
Does alphabetic-phonetic writing start with the proper name and how does the name affect reading and writing skills? Sixty 4- to 5½-year-old children from middle SES families with Dutch as their first language wrote their proper name and named letters. For each child we created unique sets of words with and without the child’s first letter of the name to test spelling skills and phonemic sensitivity. Name writing correlated with children’s knowledge of the first letter of the name and phonemic sensitivity for the sound of the first letter of the name. Hierarchical regression analysis makes plausible that both knowledge of the first letter’s name and phonemic sensitivity for this letter explain why name writing results in phonetic spelling with the name letter. Practical implications of the findings are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
- Young Children's Ability to Read and Spell Their Own and Classmates' Names: The Role of Letter KnowledgeScientific Studies of Reading, 2009
- EtruscanPublished by Cambridge University Press (CUP) ,2008
- The Growth of Phonological Awareness by Children With Reading Disabilities: A Result of Semantic Knowledge or Knowledge of Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences?Scientific Studies of Reading, 2007
- Alphabetic Skills in Preschool: A Preliminary Study of Letter Naming and Letter WritingDevelopmental Neuropsychology, 2006
- Writing starts with own name writing: From scribbling to conventional spelling in Israeli and Dutch childrenApplied Psycholinguistics, 2005
- Reading Acquisition, Developmental Dyslexia, and Skilled Reading Across Languages: A Psycholinguistic Grain Size Theory.Psychological Bulletin, 2005
- How is emergent writing based on drawing? Analyses of children's products and their sorting by children and mothers.Developmental Psychology, 2003
- Children's own names influence their spellingApplied Psycholinguistics, 2001
- Letter names help children to connect print and speech.Developmental Psychology, 1996
- The Prediction of Good and Poor Reading Before Kindergarten Entry: A 4-Year Follow-UpThe Journal of Special Education, 1982