Exploring the relationship between spoken language comprehension and cognitive control in children’s ability to read
Reading research establishes that 4-to-5-year-old’s speech perception abilities (i.e., phonemic awareness) predict reading readiness and the ability to read individual words. Moreover, teaching methods that promote phonemic awareness and an understanding between letters and phonemes (e.g., Phonics) are effective at improving word reading and remediating word-reading deficits.