Learning to Spell Words: Findings, Theories, and Issues

A 4-year-old who writes ‹y›, ‹o›, and ‹b› along a line when asked to spell glass does not seem to be choosing letters based on their sound values. By age 5 or 6, children who are exposed to alphabetic writing systems begin to incorporate phonology into their spelling. Productions such as ‹gas› for ................
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