How does graphotactic knowledge influence children’s learning of new spellings?

Two experiments investigated whether and how the learning of spellings by French third graders is influenced by two graphotactic patterns: consonants cannot double in word-initial position (Experiment 1) and consonants cannot double after single consonants (Experiment 2). Children silently read mean...

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Main Authors: Sebastien ePacton, Amélie eSobaco, Michel eFayol, Rebecca eTreiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00701/full