Children reading spoken words : Interactions between vocabulary and orthographic expectancy
Journal article
Wegener, Signy, Wang, Hua-Chen, de Lissa, Peter, Robidoux, Serje, Nation, Kate and Castles, Anne. (2018). Children reading spoken words : Interactions between vocabulary and orthographic expectancy. Developmental Science. 21(3), p. Article e12577. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12577
Authors | Wegener, Signy, Wang, Hua-Chen, de Lissa, Peter, Robidoux, Serje, Nation, Kate and Castles, Anne |
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Abstract | There is an established association between children's oral vocabulary and their word reading but its basis is not well understood. Here, we present evidence from eye movements for a novel mechanism underlying this association. Two groups of 18 Grade 4 children received oral vocabulary training on one set of 16 novel words (e.g., ‘nesh’, ‘coib’), but no training on another set. The words were assigned spellings that were either predictable from phonology (e.g., nesh) or unpredictable (e.g., koyb). These were subsequently shown in print, embedded in sentences. Reading times were shorter for orally familiar than unfamiliar items, and for words with predictable than unpredictable spellings but, importantly, there was an interaction between the two: children demonstrated a larger benefit of oral familiarity for predictable than for unpredictable items. These findings indicate that children form initial orthographic expectations about spoken words before first seeing them in print. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/jvpJwpKMM3E. |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Developmental Science |
Journal citation | 21 (3), p. Article e12577 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
ISSN | 1467-7687 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12577 |
PubMed ID | 28701027 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85023192960 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 1-9 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
Author's accepted manuscript | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 12 Jul 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 30 Mar 2017 |
Deposited | 12 Oct 2023 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP150100149 |
ES/M009998/1 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8zv96/children-reading-spoken-words-interactions-between-vocabulary-and-orthographic-expectancy
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