Perception of long vowels in Japanese by Children

摘要

Studies have shown that the acquisition of reading depends on such phonological processes as verbal short-term memory and the temporal processing of speech [1-4]. An inability to encode phonological representations orthogiaph-ically may cause reading disabilities, such as dyslexia, Kobayashi et al [5] pointed out that all aspects of phonological processing play an important role in children's early reading, and it is known that phonological awareness, phonological memory, and phonological access to lexical storage are needed for reading.