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Shaywitz, Sally E.; Shaywitz, Bennett A. – Educational Leadership, 2004
A weakness in accessing the sounds of spoken language represents the most robust and specific correlate of reading disability in young school age children and adolescents. Neurological science and reading research that provides the scientific knowledge regarding this disability is presented.
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Difficulties, Young Children, Adolescents