Precursors of reading difficulties in Czech and Slovak Children at-risk of dyslexia
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Moll, Kristina, Thompson, Paul A., Mikulajova, Marina, Jagercikova, Zuzana, Kucharska, Anna, Franke, Helena, Hulme, Charles and Snowling, Margaret J.. (2016). Precursors of reading difficulties in Czech and Slovak Children at-risk of dyslexia. Dyslexia. 22(2), pp. 120 - 136. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1526
Authors | Moll, Kristina, Thompson, Paul A., Mikulajova, Marina, Jagercikova, Zuzana, Kucharska, Anna, Franke, Helena, Hulme, Charles and Snowling, Margaret J. |
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Abstract | Children with preschool language difficulties are at high risk of literacy problems; however, the nature of the relationship between delayed language development and dyslexia is not understood. Three hundred eight Slovak and Czech children were recruited into three groups: family risk of dyslexia, speech/language difficulties and controls, and were assessed three times from kindergarten until Grade 1. There was a twofold increase in probability of reading problems in each risk group. Precursors of ‘dyslexia’ included difficulties in oral language and code-related skills (phoneme awareness, letter-knowledge and rapid automatized naming); poor performance in phonological memory and vocabulary was observed in both affected and unaffected high-risk peers. A two-group latent variable path model shows that early language skills predict code-related skills, which in turn predict literacy skills. Findings suggest that dyslexia in Slavic languages has its origins in early language deficits, and children who succumb to reading problems show impaired code-related skills before the onset of formal reading instruction. |
Keywords | risk of dyslexia; language impairment; phonological deficit; precursors of literacy skills; endophenotypes; slavic languages |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Dyslexia |
Journal citation | 22 (2), pp. 120 - 136 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
ISSN | 1076-9242 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1526 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84963768742 |
Page range | 120 - 136 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8q1qx/precursors-of-reading-difficulties-in-czech-and-slovak-children-at-risk-of-dyslexia
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