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THE PERCEPTION OF LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE IN LEARNING TO READ
Author(s) -
DOWNING J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1969.tb02077.x
Subject(s) - spelling , psychology , perception , linguistics , facilitation , reading (process) , learning to read , cognitive psychology , philosophy , neuroscience
S ummary . The first ad hoc investigations of i.t.a. have established its practical effects in the early stages of learning to read. However, further work is needed to determine exactly how psychologically i.t.a. produces the observed improvements in reading and spelling. The theory is proposed that i.t.a.'s clarification of linguistic structure facilitates perception of phonemes, spoken‐words, graphemes and written words as individual units, and that this is an important factor in the superior achievements of i.t.a. taught pupils. It is argued that, contrary to Vernon's view, this perceptual facilitation should also lead to improvements in ‘the process of synthesis' which she has described.