Does "reading" develop "phonological awareness" in Down's syndrome?

Reading skills and phonological awareness acquisition in Down syndrome.

BACKGROUND Although reading abilities play a fundamental role in the acquisition of personal autonomy, up until now studies investigating these abilities in Down syndrome (DS) are aimed at defining educational or rehabilitation acquisition. However, studies describing the relationship between reading and phonological awareness in individuals with DS by comparing them to typically developing chi...

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Phonological Awareness and Reading Ability in Children

Phonological Awareness and its implications for Reading Acquisition

Researches of more than two decades has affirmed the importance of phonological awareness and its relation to reading acquisition. Chard & Dickson (1999) consider phonological awareness as a "cognitive substrate to reading acquisition" (p.1). This article explains Phonological awareness and its relation to reading acquisition.

The relationship between phonological awareness and reading: implications for the assessment of phonological awareness.

PURPOSE Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) use phonological awareness assessments in many ways. This study examines the usefulness of these assessments in kindergarten and 2nd grade. METHOD Measures of phonological awareness and letter identification were administered in kindergarten, and measures of phonological awareness, phonetic decoding (i.e., nonword reading), and word reading were adm...