Language problems in poor readers.
In recent definitions of dyslexia there is agreement on the following: dyslexia is a language (-based) disorder restricted to difficulties in phonological processing abilities. This causes primary problems in word decoding and spelling, and, as a consequence, also in reading comprehension. This is in accordance with the widely accepted reading model, which regards decoding as a prerequisite for reading comprehension. In this paper, we will discuss the relevance of these definitions, and the reading model they are based on, using data from a longitudinal study of readers who were diagnosed as being language-impaired when they were pre-schoolers. This group will be compared with a control group having no history of language impairments and also with groups of adolescent and adult dyslexics.
Department of Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden. kerstin.naucler@ling.lu.se
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008037:Linguistics; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011932:Reading