Phonics training for English-speaking poor readers

Replicability of sight word training and phonics training in poor readers: a randomised controlled trial

Given the importance of effective treatments for children with reading impairment, paired with growing concern about the lack of scientific replication in psychological science, the aim of this study was to replicate a quasi-randomised trial of sight word and phonics training using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. One group of poor readers (N = 41) did 8 weeks of phonics training (i....

Visual phonics: an English code buster?

Visual phonics is an instructional program to provide print awareness, alphabet knowledge, and sound-letter correspondence for children with hearing loss who experience difficulty developing a foundation of phonemic awareness skills. Its purpose is "to clarify the sound symbol relationship between spoken English and print" (Waddy-Smith & Wilson, 2003, p. 15). It is implemented in numerous schoo...

The Importance of Phonological Processing in English- and Mandarin-speaking Emergent and Fluent Readers Doctoral Committee:

Phonological representations in poor readers

According to the ‘phonological deficit hypothesis’, problems in reading and spelling in dyslexic persons are due to poor representations of sounds in long term memory. As a result, the acquisition of the grapheme-phoneme correspondence and word decoding is assumed to be difficult. In this paper we describe a perception experiment to find evidence for poor phonological representations in 9-13 ye...

Translating materials for non-English speaking audiences.

This brief provides basic "how to" information for translating written materials into languages other than English. Additional information and sample materials can be found on the Center for Medicare Education Web site.