Transfer of spelling vocabulary.

Transfer from Alternative Presentations of Spelling

The contributions of vocabulary and letter writing automaticity to word reading and spelling for kindergartners.

In the present study we examined the relation between alphabet knowledge fluency (letter names and sounds) and letter writing automaticity, and unique relations of letter writing automaticity and semantic knowledge (i.e., vocabulary) to word reading and spelling over and above code-related skills such as phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge. These questions were addressed using data fr...

Causes of Spelling Weaknesses in Students with Visual Impairment and Teaching Strategies for Spelling Improvement

Background: Spelling is characterized as a basic skill for the children’s writing literacy. A wide range of factors may contribute to the formation and/ or intensification of problems related to teaching writing competencies, so that spellings come with a serious challenge called “invented spelling”. It is also a major concern for teachers and parents of children with visual impairments. Theref...

Vocabulary, phonological awareness and rapid naming: contributions for spelling and written production.

PURPOSE To investigate if the performance on linguistic tasks would be predictive of orthographic domain and quality of written productions. METHODS Participants were 82 fourth graders of Elementary Education, from public and private schools of São Paulo, with ages ranging from 9 years to 10 years and 2 months. The test battery was composed of an expressive vocabulary test, phonological aware...

Morphological Awareness Intervention: Improving Spelling, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension for Adult Learners.

Adult Basic Education programs are under pressure to develop and deliver instruction that promotes rapid and sustained literacy development. We describe a novel approach to a literacy intervention that focuses on morphemes, which are the smallest meaningful units contained in words. We argue that if you teach learners that big words are comprised of smaller components (i.e., morphemes), you wil...