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Table 3 Percentage correct for LK and the comparison group in spelling and reading irregular and regular words and nonwords

From: Spelling improvement through letter-sound and whole-word training in two multilingual Greek- and English- speaking children

 

LK

Comparison group

 

Pre-training

Immediate post-training (T1)

Delayed post-training (T2)

T1

T 2

English measures

Irregular spellingα

0

0

3.3

56 (± 18.7)

63 (± 15.3)

Regular spellingα

0

10

20

58.3 (± 19.1)

64 (± 19.3)

Nonword spellingα

0

17

30

71 (± 17.1)

81 (± 7.1)

Irregular readingα

0

0

30

57.2 (± 22.7)

-

Regular readingα

0

3.3

16.6

71.1 (± 18.8)

-

Nonword readingα

0

16.6

50

71.6 (± 21.2)

-

Greek measures

Irregular spellingβ

0

5

15

32 (± 9.9)

49 (± 14.5)

Regular spellingβ

0

35

55

81 (± 15.9)

85 (± 8.6)

Nonword spellingβ

0

38

53

89 (± 8.2)

90 (± 7.1)

Real word readingβ

0

42.5

87.5

95.8 (± 5.6)

-

Nonword readingβ

0

50

95

98.3 (± 2.04)

-

  1. αDTWRP (Forum for Research into Language and Literacy [2012]), βList of irregular words and nonwords from Loizidou-Ieridou et al. ([2009]).