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The Impact of Phonological Awareness on Spelling - Coggle Diagram
The Impact of Phonological Awareness on Spelling
1. Phonological Awareness
Important component in children's literacy development
reading
spelling
The task of separating words into individual phonemes has been found to be a strong predictor of spelling ability
skills, knowledge and abilities prerequisites and develops in continuum
Strong correlation between phonological awareness and spelling
Spelling errors generally phonetically accurate
Earliest skills: rhyme an alliteration
indicate awareness that speech contains phonemes
Higher level skills: separate words into parts
understand relationship between sounds and letters
phoneme-grapheme correspondence
alphabet letter knowledge
complex component
supports decoding
References
Weinrich, B. & Fay, E., 2007. Phonological Awareness/Literacy Predictors of Spelling Abilities for First-Grade Children. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, Volume 34, pp. 94-100.
2. Spelling Development
Stage Theories
range of spelling competence to be expected at certain ages
Six Stages
prephonemic spelling
semiphonemic (early letter name spelling)
letter name spelling
within-word pattern spelling
syllable juncture spelling
derivational constancy spelling
Foundations for the ability to spell:
phonological awareness
reading ability
metalinguistic awareness of semantics, morphology and syntax
3. Impact
Three functions of phonological awareness that influence spelling development
phoneme-grapheme correspondence
useful to spell accurately
segment phonemes
break up word into sounds while spelling
spelling memorisation of word patterns
beneficial to reading process
underdeveloped or unstable foundations - difficulty to understand and use printed language
not all spelling errors based on phonological awareness deficinicies
phonological awareness skills as predictors of spelling abilities
reading level
sound-to-letter recognition
key component
spelling constructed from how words sound
alphabetic principles
phonemic awareness
4. Implications
disadvantage for creating writing if struggle to spell
poor spellers potentially poor readers and writers
weaknesses in other language areas and academics
impacts learning abilities
negatively influence academic success
assessment of phonological awareness skills and reading ability to identify problem areas and to implement intervention strategies
poor spellers need support to overcome potential difficulties in reading and writing