ABSTRACT Nonword reading measures are widely used to index children’s phonics knowledge, and are included in the Phonics Screening Check currently implemented in England and under consideration in Australia. However, critics have argued that the use of nonword measures disadvantages good readers, as they will be influenced by their strong lexical knowledge and err by making word errors (e.g. reading flarm as “farm”). We tested this claim by examining the errors made by a group of 64 Year 2 children when reading aloud a set of simple nonwords. We found that stronger word readers were less likely to make a word error response than weaker word readers, with their most prevalent type of error being another nonword that was highly similar to the target. We conclude that nonword reading measures are a valid index of phonics knowledge, and that these tests do not disadvantage children who are already reading words well.

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儿童非单词阅读测试是否衡量我们希望他们做的事情？对第 2 年错误响应的分析

摘要 非单词阅读量度被广泛用于索引儿童的拼读知识，并包含在目前在英国实施和澳大利亚正在考虑中的拼读筛选检查中。然而，批评者认为，使用非单词测量不利于优秀的读者，因为他们会受到他们强大的词汇知识的影响，并因犯错误而犯错误（例如将 flam 读作“农场”）。我们通过检查一组 64 名 2 岁儿童在大声朗读一组简单的非单词时所犯的错误来检验这一说法。我们发现，与较弱的单词阅读器相比，较强的单词阅读器不太可能做出单词错误响应，他们最常见的错误类型是另一个与目标高度相似的非单词。我们得出结论，非单词阅读量度是语音知识的有效指标，