African American English dialect and performance on nonword spelling and phonemic awareness tasks.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of dialect on phonemic awareness and nonword spelling tasks. These tasks were selected for their reliance on phonological and orthographic processing, which may be influenced by dialect use. METHOD: Eighty typically developing African American children in Grades 1 and 3...

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Published in:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 157 - 169
Main Authors: Kohler CT, Bahr RH, Silliman ER, Bryant JB, Apel K, Wilkinson LC
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association May2007
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