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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Specific spelling difficulties can significantly impact a child's literacy development.
  • Interventions focusing on linguistic awareness are crucial for improving reading and spelling skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate an intervention program designed to enhance reading and spelling abilities.
  • The program integrated instruction in morphological awareness with phonology, orthography, syntax, and semantics.

Main Methods:

  • Sixteen children (aged 8-11) with spelling difficulties were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group.
  • The experimental group received approximately 19.4 intervention sessions focused on word morphology and suffixation rules.

Main Results:

  • The experimental group showed significantly greater improvements in reading and spelling accuracy compared to the control group.
  • Participants demonstrated the ability to generalize learned morphological rules to new, unfamiliar words.

Conclusions:

  • Literacy interventions incorporating morphological awareness alongside other linguistic elements offer substantial benefits.
  • Educators and practitioners should consider implementing such comprehensive approaches to support struggling readers and spellers.