title: Reading Test-Sentence Comprehension: An Adapted Version of Lobrot's Lecture 3 Test for Brazilian Portuguese.
abstract: Our aim was to analyse the linguistic structure of the Lobrot's Lecture 3 (L3) reading test and to describe the procedure for its adaptation to a Brazilian cultural-linguistic context. The resulting adapted version is called the Reading Test-Sentence Comprehension [Teste de Leitura: Compreensão de Sentenças (TELCS)] and was developed using the European Portuguese adaptation of L3 as a reference. The present study was conducted in seven steps: (1) classification of the response alternatives of L3 test; (2) adaptation of the original sentences into Brazilian Portuguese; (3) back-translation; (4) adaptation of the distractors from TELCS; (5) configuration of TELCS; (6) pilot study; and (7) validation and standardization. In comparison with L3, TELCS included new linguistic and structural variables, such as frequency of occurrence of the distractors, gender neutrality and position of the target words. The instrument can be used for a collective screening or individual clinical administration purposes to evaluate the reading ability of second-to-fifth-grade and 7-to-11-year-old students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-7963
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Araújo Vilhena
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health Sciences, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sucena
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: São Luís
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ângela Maria Vieira
authors.initials: ÂM
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations
keywords: Teste de Idade de Leitura; reading assessment; reading diagnosis; silent reading; specific learning disabilities