Training phonological awareness in kindergarten level children: Consistency is more important than quantity

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-365

  Kjeldsen, A C ^a   Niemi, P ^b,d   Oloffson, A ^c,d  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beginning reading and writing; Linguistic awareness; Literacy acquisition; Metalinguistic insights; Phonemic awareness; Phonological awareness; Phonological intervention; Phonological training; Reading comprehension; Word recognition skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037411653     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(02)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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