An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers

Abstract Although the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences is a critical step in reading development, how and when children develop such correspondence remains relatively unexplored. In this study, we focused on Japanese hiragana letters to examine the implicit letter-sound correspondence usi...

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Autores principales:	Hiroki Higuchi, Yuko Okumura, Tessei Kobayashi
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/1bb78e9c731142909040cb4cebe0d573
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1bb78e9c731142909040cb4cebe0d5732021-12-02T13:51:06ZAn eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers10.1038/s41598-020-79062-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1bb78e9c731142909040cb4cebe0d5732021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79062-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Although the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences is a critical step in reading development, how and when children develop such correspondence remains relatively unexplored. In this study, we focused on Japanese hiragana letters to examine the implicit letter-sound correspondence using an eye-tracking technique for 80 Japanese-speaking toddlers. The results showed that 32- to 48-month-olds (but not 24- to 32-month-olds) directed their gaze at the target letter. An additional experiment on a letter-reading task showed that 32- to 40-month-olds could barely read the presented hiragana letters. These findings suggest that toddlers have already begun to grasp implicit letter-sound correspondences well before actually acquiring the ability to read letters.Hiroki HiguchiYuko OkumuraTessei KobayashiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Hiroki Higuchi Yuko Okumura Tessei Kobayashi An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers
description	Abstract Although the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences is a critical step in reading development, how and when children develop such correspondence remains relatively unexplored. In this study, we focused on Japanese hiragana letters to examine the implicit letter-sound correspondence using an eye-tracking technique for 80 Japanese-speaking toddlers. The results showed that 32- to 48-month-olds (but not 24- to 32-month-olds) directed their gaze at the target letter. An additional experiment on a letter-reading task showed that 32- to 40-month-olds could barely read the presented hiragana letters. These findings suggest that toddlers have already begun to grasp implicit letter-sound correspondences well before actually acquiring the ability to read letters.
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title	An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers
title_short	An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers
title_full	An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers
title_fullStr	An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers
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An eye-tracking study of letter-sound correspondence in Japanese-speaking 2- to 3-year-old toddlers

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