Learning to read: The redundant cues approach.

Two experiments with 48 undergraduates in each investigated the effects of color coding sounds in Thai syllables on the acquisition of pronunciation responses and on transfer to syllables which were not color coded. The mere presence of color as a redundant cue had no significant effect on acquisition or transfer relative to a control group trained on uncoded syllables. When Ss were informed that color was a relevant cue and given pretraining which emphasized the color code, acquisition was facilitated, but transfer to uncoded syllables was impaired. When Ss were informed that color was a relevant cue and given pretraining which emphasized the shapes of the letters, acquisition was facilitated with no impairment on the transfer task. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)