This study investigated the contribution of phonological awareness and rapid serial naming skills to reading and spelling ability in a sample of 72 Brazilian adults enrolled in a literacy acquisition program. Results questioned the hypothesis that rapid serial naming skills are more important for literacy acquisition than phonological awareness in orthographies characterized by consistent letter-sound relations. In the present study, phonological awareness contributed as much as rapid serial naming to reading ability, but more than rapid serial naming to spelling ability.
Phonological processing; reading; spelling; adult literacy
