Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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Performance in a phonological deletion awareness task according to age and gender : Development of a phonological awareness screening test for preschool children

연령과 성에 따른 음운인식 탈락과제 수행력 : 학령전기 아동을 위한 음운인식 선별검사 개발

  • 김수진 (나사렛대학교 언어치료학과) ;
  • 오경아 (나사렛대학교) ;
  • 서은영 (나사렛대학교 일반대학원) ;
  • 고유경 (나사렛대학교 일반대학원)
  • Received : 2018.04.30
  • Accepted : 2018.06.19
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Phonological awareness, or consciousness of speech sounds and operational skill with them, develops in the order word > syllable > phoneme, over the ages of four to seven. Among the various types of phonological awareness tasks, the deletion task has a higher level of difficulty because it requires operation and deletion of sounds within words. This task also has a high correlation with reading proficiency. This study utilized a deletion task with 20 questions to see how operational development depended on age and gender. The deletion task, with 20 questions, was tested on four- to six-year old children developing normally (N = 90). The results showed that phonological awareness performance improved with age. This age effect was not accompanied by a gender effect; age and gender interacted. The study confirmed the development of phonological awareness in four- to six-year-old children who were developing normally. The deletion task can be used to effectively detect the risk of difficulties with phonological awareness in preschoolers with speech, language, and reading problems.

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