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Godin, Marie-Pier; Berthiaume, Rachel; Daigle, Daniel – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) demonstrate general spelling difficulties. This study investigated accuracy on and sensitivity to silent letters in spelling in children with and without DLD. Investigating silent-letter production provides a window into orthographic and morphological knowledge and enhances understanding…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Impairments, Error Patterns, Accuracy
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Treiman, Rebecca; Gordon, Jessica; Boada, Richard; Peterson, Robin L.; Pennington, Bruce F. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
Reversal errors play a prominent role in theories of reading disability. We examined reversal errors in the writing of letters by 5- to 6-year-old children. Of the 130 children, 92 had a history of difficulty in producing speech sounds, a risk factor for reading problems. Children were more likely to reverse letter forms that face left, such as…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Alphabets, Error Patterns, Young Children