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Layes, Smail; Bouakkaz, Torkia – British Journal of Special Education, 2022
The present study explored whether phonological awareness (PA), morphological awareness (MA) and visual attention (VA) independently predict word and pseudoword reading accuracy in native Arabic-speaking children from grades 4 and 5. A total of 141 participants took part in the study, and were divided into two groups of readers with (n = 30) and…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Semitic Languages, Syllables, Accuracy
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Brimo, Danielle; Henbest, Victoria S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with students with specific language impairment and specific learning disorder who are known to have deficits in morphological knowledge and morphological awareness. Thus, it is important that SLPs have explicit knowledge of morphology to classify, elicit, and correct morphological errors to…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Case Studies, Morphology (Languages)
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Chan, Jessica S.; Wade-Woolley, Lesly; Heggie, Lindsay; Kirby, John R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
We examined the unique contributions of prosodic awareness and morphological awareness to school-aged children's word reading and reading comprehension. A total of 110 elementary-age children from Grades 4 and 5 participated in the current study. To measure prosodic awareness, children were asked to listen to and reflect on the stress patterns of…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Individual Differences, Reading Comprehension
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Tong, Xiuli; Deacon, S. Hélène; Cain, Kate – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
Poor comprehenders have intact word-reading skills but struggle specifically with understanding what they read. We investigated whether two metalinguistic skills, morphological and syntactic awareness, are specifically related to poor reading comprehension by including separate and combined measures of each. We identified poor comprehenders…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Reading Comprehension, Cues
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Casalis, S.; Deacon, S. H.; Pacton, S. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
This study examined the relationship between morphological awareness and spelling. We show that French children in Grades 3 and 4 appear to use morphological information in spelling; spelling of sounds for which there are several alternatives was more accurate in derived than in nonderived words. The link between morphological awareness and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Morphology (Languages), Grade 3, Grade 4