Learning about the Letter Name Subset of the Vocabulary: Evidence from US and Brazilian Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Treiman, Rebecca; Kessler, Brett; Pollo, Tatiana Cury
Titel	Learning about the Letter Name Subset of the Vocabulary: Evidence from US and Brazilian Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 27 (2006) 2, S.211-227 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7164
DOI	10.1017/S0142716406060255
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Identification; Alphabets; Foreign Countries; English; Portuguese; Gender Differences; Brazil; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Buchstabenschrift; Ausland; English language; Englisch; Portugiesischunterricht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Brasilien; USA
Abstract	To examine the factors that affect the learning of letter names, an important foundation for literacy, we asked 318 US and 369 Brazilian preschoolers to identify each uppercase letter. Similarity of letter shape was the major determinant of confusion errors in both countries, and children were especially likely to interchange letters that were similar in shape as well as name. Errors were also affected by letter frequency, both general frequency and occurrence of letters in children's own names. Differences in letter names and letter frequencies between English and Portuguese led to certain differences in the patterns of performance for children in the two countries. Other differences appeared to reflect US children's greater familiarity with the conventional order of the alphabet. Boys were overrepresented at the low end of the continuum of letter name knowledge, suggesting that some boys begin formal reading instruction lacking important foundational skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10