The purpose of this research was to determine whether the results of a study conducted by Johnson and Venezky (1976) are generalizable to non-proficient adult readers. One hundred eight college undergraduates for whom grade-equivalent scores on a standardized reading test were available were administered the same pronunciation test used by Johnson and Venezky. The pronunciation test data of the subjects whose grade-equivalent scores placed them in either the upper (proficient readers) or lower (non-proficient readers) quartiles were subsequently analyzed. The proficient reader results coincided with the Johnson and Venezky results, but the non-proficient reader results did not. These data were interpreted as suggesting that the vowel cluster pronunciation preferences of adult readers vary as a function of reading competency.
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