The relationship between pitch discrimination and Romanian students’ spelling performance

Bibliographic Data

ID20494591
AuthorsDacian Dorin Dolean (0000-0003-4852-3225, Babeș-Bolyai University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume17
Issue3
Pages233-240
Publication date2013-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Language and Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1234-2238 • E-ISSN: 2083-8506
PublisherUniversity of Warsaw (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.2478/plc-2013-0015
OpenAlexW2074951666
LanguageEN
References cited11

Previous studies have shown that music can have a positive impact on phonological awareness and on foreign language acquisition. The present research investigates specifically the role of pitch discrimination ability in native and foreign language spelling performance. Two groups of elementary school children were selected based on their pitch discrimination abilities (high and low). Their spelling performance in their native and a foreign (fictional) language was assessed. The results indicate that pitch discrimination ability can be linked to spelling ability in both the native and a foreign language. They also suggest that studying a musical instrument might predict enhanced spelling performance ability

Art · Cognitive psychology · English as a foreign language · First language · Foreign language · Linguistics · Literature · Mathematics education · Musical · Romanian · Spelling · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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