Development of a test battery for assessing phonological awareness in German-speaking children

Blanca Schaefer*, Silke Fricke, Marcin Szczerbinski, Annette V. Fox-Boyer, Joy Stackhouse, Bill Wells

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
13 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

The development of phonological awareness (PA), the ability to reflect on the sound structure of words independent of their meaning, has been extensively explored in English-speaking children. However, this is not the case for other languages. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive PA test battery for German-speaking preschool children, considering psycholinguistic, linguistic, and cognitive aspects and to carry out analyses of its psychometric properties. Cross-sectional data from a sample of 55 children (CA 4;0-6;11 years) were collected. Preliminary findings confirm validity and reliability of the test battery, and support previous findings that PA develops from larger to smaller linguistic units. Phoneme-level tasks were consistently associated with letter knowledge. The new instrument is a promising tool for basic research (e.g. cross-linguistic comparisons of PA development) as well as for clinical and educational practice (e.g. planning speech and language therapy or literacy-oriented intervention).

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftClinical Linguistics and Phonetics
Jahrgang23
Ausgabenummer6
Seiten (von - bis)404-430
Seitenumfang27
ISSN0269-9206
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2009

Strategische Forschungsbereiche und Zentren

  • Querschnittsbereich: Gesundheitswissenschaften: Logopädie, Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie und Hebammenwissenschaft

DFG-Fachsystematik

  • 2.23-08 Kognitive und systemische Humanneurowissenschaften
  • 2.22-20 Kinder- und Jugendmedizin

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