Haskins Publications

Number	707
Year	1990
Drawer	13
Entry Date	11/15/1999
Authors	Brady, S.A., Poggie, E., & Rapala, M. M.
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Publication	Language and Speech, 32(2), 109-122.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0707.pdf
Abstract	To investigate whether differences between good & poor readers in phonological encoding exist under clear listening conditions & whether lexicality is a determining factor, above- & below-average third-grade readers (N = 15 each group) were tested on oral repetition of monosyllabic words, polysyllabic words, & nonwords. Real words were further divided into high- & low-frequency sets. Below-average readers were less accurate than above-average readers in polysyllabic & nonword repetition, but both groups had equal accuracy in repeating monosyllabic words, & the below-average readers were not slower in reaction time in any task. Word frequency did not affect these results. Neither lexicality nor lexical knowledge was a determining factor, & phonological encoding differences between good & poor readers were found not in speed of processing but in accuracy of phonological representation.
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