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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2018.10.2.061

Performance in a phonological deletion awareness task according to age and gender : Development of a phonological awareness screening test for preschool children  

Kim, Soo Jin (나사렛대학교 언어치료학과)
Oh, Gyung Ah (나사렛대학교)
Seo, Eun Young (나사렛대학교 일반대학원)
Ko, Yoo Kyeong (나사렛대학교 일반대학원)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.10, no.2, 2018 , pp. 61-68 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
phonological awareness; deletion task; preschooler; screening test;
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