Does Learning to Spell Help Beginners Learn to Read Words?.

Ehri, Linnea; Wilce, Lee S.

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ERIC Number: EJ346902

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Does Learning to Spell Help Beginners Learn to Read Words?

Ehri, Linnea; Wilce, Lee S.

Reading Research Quarterly, v22 n1 p47-65 Win 1987

Concludes that spelling-trained kindergarten children learned to read a set of words more effectively than controls. Argues that their greater success was not because they had learned to sound out and blend words, but rather because they had become better at phonetic cue reading. (FL)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Spelling Instruction, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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