Error-correction strategies in oral reading: results of acoustic phonetic and eye-tracking research
Experiences of a pilot research with 4th graders
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2020.1.2Keywords:
oral reading, eye-movements, acoustic-phonetic measurements, error-repairAbstract
Fluency and the rate of oral reading are the main assessment tools of reading ability. In addition to reading fluency, the types of oral reading errors can also be examined. The correction of these errors might require other strategies than the correction of errors occurring in spontaneous speech. This paper analyses the error correction processes during oral reading by acoustic-phonetic and eye-tracking methods. This latter is novelty both in Hungarian and international literature. Results show that the difficulty of error-correction occurs both in speech and eye-movements. Errors which are more difficult to correct require longer correction time and they go together with more complex eye-movements. Results might contribute to increasing the effectiveness of teaching reading and modernising the development of reading techniques.