Letter name knowledge and the development of spelling skills: evidence from Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children / O conhecimento do nome das letras e o desenvolvimento da escrita: evidência de crianças falantes do português

Four to 5-year-old children were asked to spell pairs of words beginning with the same letter and consonant sound. For each pair, the entire name or part of the name of the initial letter could be heard in the pronunciation of one of the words (e.g., telefone; limão), but not in the pronunciation of...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Cardoso-Martins, Anna Cláudia Eutrópio Batista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2005-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722005000300006&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt