Preliteracy Skills Mediate the Relation Between Early Speech Sound Production and Subsequent Reading Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Learning to read is a complex, multifaceted process that relies on several speech and language-related subskills. Individual differences in word reading outcomes are indicated among children with inaccurate speech sound productions, with some of these children developing later reading difficulties. There are inconsistent reports as to whether phonological deficits and/or weaknesses in oral language explain these subsequent reading difficulties. Thus, it remains unclear how variability in speech production accuracy in early childhood may impact reading development. Therefore, the present longitudinal study seeks to clarify the relation between speech sound production accuracy in kindergarten and subsequent reading outcomes with a focus on additional potential mediating facto

SUBMITTER: Mues M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10555467 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature