Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 271-278.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.03.03

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The Roles of Categorical Perception of Speech Soundsin Early Reading Development

JIANG Wei1, ZHANG Linjun2, SHU Hua3   

  1. 1. Institute of Civil Aeromedicine Research, Civil Aeromedicine Center of CAAC, Beijing 100025, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    3. Faculty of Linguistic Sciences, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Online:2015-05-15 Published:2015-05-15

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Abstract: In this study 172 children from kindergartens and elementary schools aged 5~7 years were tested on a battery including speech perception (categorical perception tasks), phonological awareness (syllable deletion, rime detection, onset detection, and tone detection), working memory and character recognition. The results showed that (a) categorical perception and phonological awareness improved gradually with age, (b) categorical perception was highly correlated with phonological awareness, especially rime and syllable awareness, (c) in the model of early reading development, categorical perception didn't directly affect Chinese character recognition. Our results indicate that the role of speech perception in early reading development is mediated by phonological awareness.

Key words: Category Perception, phonological awareness, early reading development

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  • B844
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