Fletcher Helen, Buckley Sue
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK.
Downs Syndr Res Pract. 2002 Mar;8(1):11-8. doi: 10.3104/reports.123.
Research in the area of phonological awareness has mainly focused on the nature of the relationship between reading ability and awareness of phonemes. However, a recent study of phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome questioned the existence of any necessary relationship (Cossu, Rossini & Marshall, 1993). This paper describes a study of phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome with varying levels of reading ability. The sample consisted of 10 male and 7 female children with Down syndrome (aged 9 years 2 months to 14 years 5 months). All children received a battery of tests which consisted of assessments of: 1) phonological awareness, 2) reading and spelling competence, 3) non-word reading and spelling ability, and 4) non-verbal measures. Children with Down syndrome demonstrated measurable levels of phonological awareness. Significant positive correlations were found between phonological awareness and: reading and spelling competence, ability to spell non-words and non-verbal measures.
语音意识领域的研究主要集中在阅读能力与音素意识之间关系的本质上。然而，最近一项关于唐氏综合征儿童语音意识的研究对是否存在任何必然联系提出了质疑（科斯苏、罗西尼和马歇尔，1993年）。本文描述了一项针对阅读能力水平各异的唐氏综合征儿童语音意识的研究。样本包括10名患有唐氏综合征的男童和7名女童（年龄在9岁2个月至14岁5个月之间）。所有儿童都接受了一系列测试，这些测试包括对以下方面的评估：1）语音意识，2）阅读和拼写能力，3）非单词阅读和拼写能力，以及4）非语言测试。唐氏综合征儿童表现出了可测量的语音意识水平。在语音意识与以下方面之间发现了显著的正相关：阅读和拼写能力、拼写非单词的能力以及非语言测试。
