Table 3.

Tasks used. Two of the testing tasks could also appear in training; these are marked as ‘trained’. Tasks that only appeared in testing are marked as ‘generalization’.

Experiment Phase	Task	Description	Task-Type	Testing Role
				A	B
Testing	Find the Word	Hear a word played and find that word among ten displayed alternatives.	Recognition	Generalization	Trained
	Fill in the Blank (Nonword)	Hear a nonword and see a consonant frame and ten vowel options. Choose which vowel completes the played nonword.	Spelling	Generalization	Trained
	Make the Word	Hear a word and choose the letters to spell it from ten displayed alternatives for each position.	Spelling	Trained	Generalization
	Nonword Family	Hear the vowel and coda consonant of a nonword and find the nonword that contains those sounds among ten alternatives.	Recognition	Trained	Generalization
Training	Word Family	Hear the vowel and coda consonant of a word and find the word that contains those sounds among ten alternatives.	Recognition	Not applicable
	Change the Word (Vowel)	See a consonant frame and ten vowel options. Asked aurally to change one word to another.	Spelling
	Find the Nonword	Hear a word played and find that nonword among ten displayed alternatives.	Recognition
	Change the Nonword (Initial)	See vowel and offset consonant and ten onset consonants. Asked to change one nonword to another.	Spelling