Serial Naming Speed and the Component Elements of Speech Time and Pause Time: Relationships with the Development of Word-Level Reading in Children Aged Four to Five Years.

Examines serial naming speed and its association with reading ability. Suggests that children aged 4.0 to 5.5 years show wide variability in serial naming speed that is predominately attributable to the length of the pauses between the articulated words. Notes that there appears to be a developmental association between the duration of the pauses and word-level reading ability. (SG)