We examined the spelling acquisition in children up to late primary school of a consistent orthography (Italian) and an inconsistent orthography (English). The effects of frequency, lexicality, length, and regularity in modulating spelling performance of the two groups were examined. English and Italian children were matched for both chronological age and number of years of schooling. Two-hundred and seven Italian children and 79 English children took part in the study. We found greater accuracy in spelling in Italian than English children: Italian children were very accurate after only 2 years of schooling, while in English children the spelling performance was still poor after 5 years of schooling. Cross-linguistic differences in spelling accuracy proved to be more persistent than the corresponding one sin reading accuracy. Orthographic consistency produced not only quantitative, but also qualitative differences, with larger frequency and regularity effects in English than in Italian children.

Spelling acquisition in english and italian. A cross-linguistic study / Marinelli, Chiara V.; Romani, Cristina; Burani, Cristina; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:(2015), pp. 1-13. [10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01843]

Spelling acquisition in english and italian. A cross-linguistic study

ZOCCOLOTTI, Pierluigi
2015

Abstract

We examined the spelling acquisition in children up to late primary school of a consistent orthography (Italian) and an inconsistent orthography (English). The effects of frequency, lexicality, length, and regularity in modulating spelling performance of the two groups were examined. English and Italian children were matched for both chronological age and number of years of schooling. Two-hundred and seven Italian children and 79 English children took part in the study. We found greater accuracy in spelling in Italian than English children: Italian children were very accurate after only 2 years of schooling, while in English children the spelling performance was still poor after 5 years of schooling. Cross-linguistic differences in spelling accuracy proved to be more persistent than the corresponding one sin reading accuracy. Orthographic consistency produced not only quantitative, but also qualitative differences, with larger frequency and regularity effects in English than in Italian children.
2015
spelling acquisition; orthographic consistency; cross-linguistic comparison; lexical effects; children
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Spelling acquisition in english and italian. A cross-linguistic study / Marinelli, Chiara V.; Romani, Cristina; Burani, Cristina; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi. - In: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1664-1078. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:(2015), pp. 1-13. [10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01843]
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