Phonological Awareness in Reading: The Evolution of Current Perspectives

by Diane J. Sawyer (Editor), Barbara J. Fox (Editor)

Overview

In this volumume prominent scholars from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds are brought together to review the empirical studies on the ability to reflect upon and manipulate the phonemic segments of speech, and to present their insights on the relationship of phonological aware- ness to the reading process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461277583
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/13/2012
Series:	Springer Series in Language and Communication , #28
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1 Phonological Awareness and Reading Acquisition.- 2 Phonological Awareness: A Bridge Between Language and Literacy.- 3 Initial Enabling Knowledge and Skills in Reading Acquisition: Print Awareness and Phonological Segmentation.- 4 Inquiry into the Nature and Function of Auditory Segmenting Abilities: In Search of the Roots of Reading.- 5 Acquiring Recoding Competence: Toward a Meaning Driven Interactive Model.- 6 Phonological Awareness and Its Roles in Learning to Read and Spell.- 7 Phonological Awareness and Early Reading Ability: One Perspective.- 8 From Phonemic Awareness to Phonological Processing to Language Access in Children Developing Reading Proficiency.- 9 Epilogue.