Phonemic Awareness Is a More Important Predictor of Orthographic Processing Than Rapid Serial Naming: Evidence From Russian

Abstract

We studied the relationship between rapid serial naming (RSN) and orthographic processing in Russian, an asymmetrically transparent orthography. Ninety-six students (mean age = 13.73) completed tests of word and pseudoword reading fluency, spelling, orthographic choice, phonological choice, PA and RSN. PA was a better predictor of orthographic skills and pseudoword reading accuracy than RSN, which accounted for more variance in word and pseudoword reading fluency. Controlling for pseudoword reading fluency washed out RSN’s contribution to word reading fluency. These results extend previous findings questioning the role of RSN as an index of orthographic processing skills and support the idea that RSN taps into automaticity/efficiency of processing print-sound mappings.

The Role of Phonology, Morphology, and Orthography in English and Russian Spelling

“…For instance, Rakhlin et al . () provide examples of homophones lisa can be lisa (fox) and lesa (woods) and in the words sdelka (deal) and zdes (here), the initial consonant cluster sounds like /zd/ and require orthographic knowledge for spelling. Further, according to Kornev, Rakhlin and Grigorenko (), ‘The complex multidimensional nature of Russian morphology with its multiple sources of irregularity and inconsistency, may complicate the development of morphological awareness and make word recognition more challenging’ (p. 47).…”

“…However, we could not match the Russian words to the classes of regular, morphophonemic, unique and so on to the English words because of the difficulties with syllable structure and word frequency. The Russian version of this test has been used in previous studies (Rakhlin et al ., ). Cronbach's αs, for this sample were 0.85 and 0.78 at grades 4 and 6, respectively.…”

“…Bogdanova (2001, cited in Kerek, & Niemi, ) and Vinarskaya, Lepskaya, and Bogomazov (1977; cited in Kerek, & Niemi, ) point out that beginning at second and third grades, intensive training is provided in morphemic analyses of Russian words. More information on Russian orthography and its role in literacy development in Russian can be found in Grigorenko () and Rakhlin, Cardoso‐Martins and Grigorenko ().…”

Investigation of the Relationship between Phonological Decoding and Word Reading Speed and Accuracy in Developmental Perspective

“…Sözcük çözümleme süreçlerinin ayrıntılı olarak ele alındığı çalışmalarda, sesbilgisel bilgi ve becerilerin, başarılı bir çözümleme performansı için en güçlü yordayıcılardan biri olduğu sıkça vurgulanmaktadır. (Abou-Elsaad vd., 2015;Ehri, Nunes, Stahl ve Willows, 2001;Joseph ve McCachran, 2003;Kjeldsen, Kärnä, Niemi, Olofsson ve Witting, 2014;Makhoul, 2017;Rakhlin,Cardoso-Martins ve Grigorenko, 2014;Report of the National Reading Panel, 2000;Schatschneider, Carlson, Francis, Foorman ve Fletcher, 2002;Share, 1995;Shaywitz ve Shaywitz, 2005;Snow, Burns ve Griffin, 1998;Stanovich, 2000;Troia, 2004;Vellutino, Fletcher, Snowling ve Scanlon, 2004). Ayrıca bu beceride yaşanan sınırlılıklar, ilkokulun ilk yıllarından başlayarak yetişkinliğe kadar zayıf okuyucuların belirlenmesinde kullanılan önemli göstergelerden biridir (Nelson, 2005;Reid, 2009;Spira, Bracken ve Fischel, 2005;Vellutino vd., 2004).…”

Does the Relation between Rapid Automatized Naming and Reading Depend on Age or on Reading Level? A Behavioral and ERP Study

“…However, significant correlations between picture/color RAN tasks performance and literacy skills have also been reported (i.e., Pauly et al, 2011 ; Albuquerque, 2012 ; Caravolas et al, 2012 ), and in some studies, picture RAN appeared to be more predictive than alphanumeric RAN (i.e., Arnell et al, 2009 ). Regarding the reading measure, RAN has been reported to be a particularly strong predictor of reading fluency (Rakhlin et al, 2014 ). Moreover, the relation between RAN and reading is not only dependent on the tasks properties, but also on variables related to the characteristics of the sample tested.…”