Young Children's Ability to Read and Spell Their Own and Classmates' Names: The Role of Letter Knowledge
Young Children's Ability to Read and Spell Their Own and Classmates' Names: The Role of Letter Knowledge
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DOI:
10.1080/10888430902851422
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Ehri, Linnea C.
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作者:
Levin, Iris;Ehri, Linnea C.
Children's ability to read and spell their own and classmates' personal names in and out of context in Hebrew was studied. Preliterate children aged 4 to 6 years (N = 60) showed high knowledge of their own names but varied greatly in knowledge of others' names and emergent literacy skills. Reading and spelling of names was primarily related to letter knowledge rather than to phonemic awareness. Superior performance with initial over medial/final letters occurred despite no capitalization in Hebrew names. Names of two letters were read better than longer names, which were read equally well, indicating use of partial cues. These results bear on Ehri's (2005) phase theory. We speculate that informal learning of names is founded on letter knowledge plus exposure to names and is fueled by children's interest in names.