WRITING PROFICIENCY IN TRANSPARENT ORTHOGRAPHIES: WHEN DO ROMANIAN CHILDREN START TO SPELL CORRECTLY?
ABSTRACT. Spelling abilities of elementary and middle school students can vary across languages. One major variable that influences students’ spelling performance is the degree of orthographic regularity of their native language. In our study, we measured the writing performance of fou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Psychologia-Paedagogia |
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| Online Access: | https://studiapsypaed.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2-2013-5.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT. Spelling abilities of elementary and middle school students can
vary across languages. One major variable that influences students’ spelling
performance is the degree of orthographic regularity of their native language.
In our study, we measured the writing performance of four hundred and forty
four Romanian students attending 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th grade of the same
school. Results indicated that overall, there were no significant differences in
spelling performance of students after 3rd grade. They also suggest that learning
the phoneme‐grapheme correspondence of regular words reaches ceiling within
the 1st year of instruction (97% proficiency). Limitations of this study are being
addressed. |
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| ISSN: | 1221-8111 2065-9431 |