Date of Award
11-30-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Communication Disorders, MCD
First Advisor
Christina Akbari
Committee Members
Amy Shollenbarger; Arianne Pait
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2018 P65
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find the prevalence of letter reversals in L2 students and a possible link between letter reversals and phonemic awareness skills. The participants were all bilingual children who spoke Spanish as their first language (L1) and English as their second language (L2). All participants were initially given a spelling test composed of words that contained letters that were often reversed. The spelling test was given to all participants prior to the Jordan Left-Right Reversals Test- Third Edition (JLRRT-3) (Jordan, 2011). The JLRRT-3 was standardized on both English and Spanish speaking children. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills- Sixth Edition (DIBELS-6) phoneme segmentation benchmarks were administered (Good & Kaminski, 2002). The phoneme segmentation tasks included three to four phoneme target words and the participants were required to produce each sound in the words.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Politte, Bayley Renee, "Letter Reversals in L2 Learners and the Link Between Letter Reversals and Phonemic Awareness Skills" (2018). Student Theses and Dissertations. 479.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/479
