Differences in Reading Development among Danish Beginning-Readers with High versus Low Phonemic Awareness on Entering Grade One.

Frost, Jorgen

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ERIC Number: EJ638848

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Publication Date: 2001

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Differences in Reading Development among Danish Beginning-Readers with High versus Low Phonemic Awareness on Entering Grade One.

Frost, Jorgen

Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v14 n7-8 p615-42 Dec 2001

Explores the relation between preschool phoneme awareness and initial reading development. Confirms a significant impact of functional letter knowledge on the length of the foundation period and on later reading development. Argues that phonemic awareness is an indispensable catalyst in the development of initial word processing ability. (SG)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Phonemic Awareness, Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Denmark

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