Identifying Dyslexia in Multilingual Students: Can Phonological Awareness Be Assessed in the Majority Language?.

Guron, Louise Miller; Lundberg, Ingvar

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ERIC Number: EJ664343

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Identifying Dyslexia in Multilingual Students: Can Phonological Awareness Be Assessed in the Majority Language?

Guron, Louise Miller; Lundberg, Ingvar

Journal of Research in Reading, v26 n1 p69-82 Feb 2003

Examines reading proficiency and phonological skill using a comprehensive battery of group measures in a Swedish classroom. Suggests that, given sufficient exposure to the majority language, it is possible to assess a range of phonological skills among speakers of minority languages using the same battery of tasks as for native speakers. (SG)

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sweden

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