Instruction matters to the development of phoneme awareness and its relationship to akshara knowledge and word reading: evidence from Sinhala
We examined whether global instruction of complex akshara and explicit phoneme-level instruction of akshara impact the development of phoneme awareness and its association with akshara knowledge and word reading accuracy. The participants were 100 Sinhala-speaking children from Grades 4 and 5 in Sri...
Main Authors: | Wijaythilake, M, Parrila, R, Inoue, T, Nag, S |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Taylor and Francis
2018
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