The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds

The development of the child's speech sound articulation ability and phonological awareness goes through different stages during the child's preschool years. The aim of our research was to determine the articulation abilities and phonological awareness level in children with typical develo...

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Main Authors: Golubović Slavica, Ječmenica Nevena, Jovanović-Simić Nadica, Petrović-Lazić Mirjana
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Language:English
Published: Pedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu 2019-01-01
Series:Nastava i Vaspitanje
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301902265G.pdf
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author Golubović Slavica
Ječmenica Nevena
Jovanović-Simić Nadica
Petrović-Lazić Mirjana
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Ječmenica Nevena
Jovanović-Simić Nadica
Petrović-Lazić Mirjana
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description The development of the child's speech sound articulation ability and phonological awareness goes through different stages during the child's preschool years. The aim of our research was to determine the articulation abilities and phonological awareness level in children with typical development. Our sample comprised 195 children aged five to seven. Speech sound articulation abilities and phonological awareness were assessed by means of the Global Test of Articulation and the FONT Phonological Awareness Test. The research results indicate that, depending on age, 42% to 78.3% of children are able to articulate clearly all 30 sounds of the Serbian language. An analysis of the Phonological Awareness Test results shows children performed best in the following tasks: syllable blending (99.1%), syllable segmentation (85%) and initial phoneme identification (86.1%), while they were least successful in the task of initial phoneme deletion (48.8%). Results have shown that children's success in most tasks within the framework of the elements of phonological awareness assessed - such as initial phoneme identification, rhyme recognition, phoneme segmentation, final phoneme identification, initial phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution (initial phoneme) - increases with children's age. The development of final phoneme identification, initial phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution (initial phoneme) abilities continues after children start school, as shown by data on the success rate among seven-year-olds. In view of the fact that phonological awareness plays an important role in the development and acquisition of reading ability, when working with preschool-age children particular attention should be devoted to tasks that stimulate the development of phonological awareness.
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spelling doaj.art-525de859732c4678bf8bb793349f1cbe2022-12-22T01:28:03ZengPedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u BeograduNastava i Vaspitanje0547-33302560-30512019-01-016822652830547-33301902265GThe articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-oldsGolubović Slavica0Ječmenica Nevena1Jovanović-Simić Nadica2Petrović-Lazić Mirjana3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9496-7620Univerzitet u Beogradu, Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju, Odeljenje za logopedijuUniverzitet u Beogradu, Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju, Odeljenje za logopedijuUniverzitet u Beogradu, Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju, Odeljenje za logopedijuUniverzitet u Beogradu, Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju, Odeljenje za logopedijuThe development of the child's speech sound articulation ability and phonological awareness goes through different stages during the child's preschool years. The aim of our research was to determine the articulation abilities and phonological awareness level in children with typical development. Our sample comprised 195 children aged five to seven. Speech sound articulation abilities and phonological awareness were assessed by means of the Global Test of Articulation and the FONT Phonological Awareness Test. The research results indicate that, depending on age, 42% to 78.3% of children are able to articulate clearly all 30 sounds of the Serbian language. An analysis of the Phonological Awareness Test results shows children performed best in the following tasks: syllable blending (99.1%), syllable segmentation (85%) and initial phoneme identification (86.1%), while they were least successful in the task of initial phoneme deletion (48.8%). Results have shown that children's success in most tasks within the framework of the elements of phonological awareness assessed - such as initial phoneme identification, rhyme recognition, phoneme segmentation, final phoneme identification, initial phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution (initial phoneme) - increases with children's age. The development of final phoneme identification, initial phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution (initial phoneme) abilities continues after children start school, as shown by data on the success rate among seven-year-olds. In view of the fact that phonological awareness plays an important role in the development and acquisition of reading ability, when working with preschool-age children particular attention should be devoted to tasks that stimulate the development of phonological awareness.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301902265G.pdfarticulation abilitiesphonological abilitiesphonological awarenessage differenceschildren with typical development
spellingShingle Golubović Slavica
Ječmenica Nevena
Jovanović-Simić Nadica
Petrović-Lazić Mirjana
The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
Nastava i Vaspitanje
articulation abilities
phonological abilities
phonological awareness
age differences
children with typical development
title The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
title_full The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
title_fullStr The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
title_full_unstemmed The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
title_short The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds
title_sort articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five to seven year olds
topic articulation abilities
phonological abilities
phonological awareness
age differences
children with typical development
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301902265G.pdf
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