ERIC Number: EJ1323117
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 24
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Differences in Oral Language Growth between Children with and without Literacy Difficulties: Evidence from Early Phases of Learning to Read and Spell in Greek
Kargiotidis, Apostolos; Grigorakis, Ioannis; Mouzaki, Angeliki; Manolitsis, George
Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, v26 n2 p89-112 2021
The present study examined oral language growth differences in a sample of 256 Greek-speaking children with and without literacy difficulties (LD), during the first two elementary grades. Measures of vocabulary, phonological awareness (PA), morphological awareness (MA), and rapid automatized naming (RAN) were administered in both grades for the assessment of oral language growth. Reading skills were individually assessed in grade 1 and together with spelling in grade 2. Results showed that PA, MA, and RAN growth differed between children with and without LD. Furthermore, children with spelling difficulties, either single or mixed with reading difficulties, presented a slower MA growth rate than children with single reading difficulties. These findings are informative of the early prognosis and intervention of LD.
Descriptors: Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Teachers, Phonological Awareness, Grade 1, Grade 2, Morphology (Languages), Spelling, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Greek, Native Language, Metalinguistics, Language Tests, Naming, Reading Tests, Reading Rate, Comparative Analysis, Identification, Foreign Countries, Children, Intelligence Tests, Longitudinal Studies, Literacy, Scores, Language Skills, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education; Grade 2
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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