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Pezzino, Anne-Sophie; Marec-Breton, Nathalie; Lacroix, Agnès – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
We propose a review of the literature of the studies investigating reading acquisition in intellectual deficiency (ID), with particular focus on the explanatory factors for reading difficulties. Indeed, we explore the role of intellectual efficiency, perceptual abilities, oral language development, phonological processing and memory. The study of…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Intellectual Disability, Reading Difficulties, Oral Language
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Ibrahim, Raphiq; Eviatar, Zohar; Aharon-Peretz, Judith – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2007
The study examined two questions: (1) do the greater phonological awareness skills of bilinguals affect reading performance; (2) to what extent do the orthographic characteristics of a language influence reading performance and how does this interact with the effects of phonological awareness. We estimated phonological metalinguistic abilities and…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Reading Difficulties, Metalinguistics, Phonological Awareness
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Ho, Connie Suk-Han; Fong, Kin-Man – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2005
The aim of the present study was to examine whether Chinese dyslexic children had difficulties learning English as a second language given the distinctive characteristics of the two scripts. Twenty-five Chinese primary school children with developmental dyslexia and 25 normally achieving children were tested on a number of English vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia, Vocabulary