SUCENA, Ana. Early sensitivity to spelling combinations among speaking children of European Portuguese. []. , 7, 3, pp.26-40. ISSN 2182-1372.

The aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge of the development of the Portuguese children's sensitivity to grammatical sequences in the initial stage of reading and writing acquisition. It is a sublexical competence of particular importance in the learning of reading and writing (Apel, Thomas-Tate, Wilson-Fowler and Brimo, 2012), representing a strong ally in writing, since it allows a far less costly alternative to memory than the memorization of the entire form of the word's orthographic representation (Deacon et al., 2012). Research suggests that this sensitivity emerges as early as the first grade (Danjon and Pacton, 2009). We present the results of a longitudinal study with four assessment moments during the first grade with 23 European Portuguese speaking children.

: graphemic sequences; spelling and reading acquisition; european Portuguese.

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