Different Types of Priming on Picture Naming in Preschool Children Learning Phonics

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the lexical, phonemic and syllabic priming on picture naming in pre-schoolers who were exposed to phonemic teaching method with those exposed to alphabetical teaching method and the obtained data was statistically analysed using paired sample t test to compare the mean reaction times for naming with different types of priming. Responses from within the group and across the groups were compared using independent sample t test. The mean reaction times for naming in lexical priming, syllabic priming and phonemic priming were 1.267sec, 1.47sec and 1.41sec with a mean error of 7.1, 4.2 and 9.3 in alphabet teaching group respectively, whereas for phonemic teaching group the mean reaction time taken to name the picture for lexical priming, syllabic priming and phonemic priming were 1.24sec, 1.33sec and 1.38sec with a mean error of 5, 5.1 and 7.2 respectively. Even though the phonemic teaching group performed better, there was no significant difference between the groups for reaction times of naming with syllabic, phonemic or lexical priming and number of errors according to the results of independent sample t test.