Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud?
Lexical orthography acquisition is currently described as the building of links between the visual forms and the auditory forms of whole words. However, a growing body of data suggests that a motor component could further be involved in orthographic acquisition. A few studies support the idea that r...
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| description | Lexical orthography acquisition is currently described as the building of links between the visual forms and the auditory forms of whole words. However, a growing body of data suggests that a motor component could further be involved in orthographic acquisition. A few studies support the idea that reading plus handwriting is a better lexical orthographic learning situation than reading alone. However, these studies did not explore which of the cognitive processes involved in handwriting enhanced lexical orthographic acquisition. Some findings suggest that the specific movements memorized when learning to write may participate in the establishment of orthographic representations in memory. The aim of the present study was to assess this hypothesis using handwriting and spelling aloud as two learning conditions. <br/>In two experiments, fifth graders were asked to read complex pseudo-words embedded in short sentences. Immediately after reading, participants had to recall the pseudo-words’ spellings either by spelling them aloud or by handwriting them down. One week later, orthographic acquisition was tested using two post-tests: a pseudo-word production task (spelling by hand in Experiment 1 or spelling aloud in Experiment 2) and a pseudo-word recognition task. Results showed no significant difference in pseudo-word recognition between the two learning conditions. In the pseudo-word production task, orthography learning improved when the learning and post-test conditions were similar, thus showing a massive encoding-retrieval match effect in the two experiments. However, a mixed model analysis of the pseudo-word production results revealed a significant learning condition effect which remained after control of the encoding-retrieval match effect. This later finding suggests that orthography learning is more efficient when mediated by handwriting than by spelling aloud, whatever the post-test production task. <br/> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54d4ad8664d3470bbd2c4d2b203783d22022-12-22T02:48:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-02-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0005662644Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud?Marie-Line eBosse0Nathalie eChaves1Sylviane eValdois2University Joseph FourierUniversity Toulouse II le MirailUniversity Joseph FourierLexical orthography acquisition is currently described as the building of links between the visual forms and the auditory forms of whole words. However, a growing body of data suggests that a motor component could further be involved in orthographic acquisition. A few studies support the idea that reading plus handwriting is a better lexical orthographic learning situation than reading alone. However, these studies did not explore which of the cognitive processes involved in handwriting enhanced lexical orthographic acquisition. Some findings suggest that the specific movements memorized when learning to write may participate in the establishment of orthographic representations in memory. The aim of the present study was to assess this hypothesis using handwriting and spelling aloud as two learning conditions. <br/>In two experiments, fifth graders were asked to read complex pseudo-words embedded in short sentences. Immediately after reading, participants had to recall the pseudo-words’ spellings either by spelling them aloud or by handwriting them down. One week later, orthographic acquisition was tested using two post-tests: a pseudo-word production task (spelling by hand in Experiment 1 or spelling aloud in Experiment 2) and a pseudo-word recognition task. Results showed no significant difference in pseudo-word recognition between the two learning conditions. In the pseudo-word production task, orthography learning improved when the learning and post-test conditions were similar, thus showing a massive encoding-retrieval match effect in the two experiments. However, a mixed model analysis of the pseudo-word production results revealed a significant learning condition effect which remained after control of the encoding-retrieval match effect. This later finding suggests that orthography learning is more efficient when mediated by handwriting than by spelling aloud, whatever the post-test production task. <br/>http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00056/fullhandwritingspellingself-teachingOrthographic acquisitionspelling aloud |
| spellingShingle | Marie-Line eBosse Nathalie eChaves Sylviane eValdois Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? Frontiers in Psychology handwriting spelling self-teaching Orthographic acquisition spelling aloud |
| title | Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? |
| title_full | Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? |
| title_fullStr | Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? |
| title_short | Lexical orthographic acquisition: Is handwriting better than spelling aloud? |
| title_sort | lexical orthographic acquisition is handwriting better than spelling aloud |
| topic | handwriting spelling self-teaching Orthographic acquisition spelling aloud |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00056/full |
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