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Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 13
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Morphological Awareness Skills of English Language Learners and Children with Dyslexia
Siegel, Linda S.
Topics in Language Disorders, v28 n1 p15 Jan-Mar 2008
The relation of morphological awareness to reading and spelling skills of dyslexic children and English language learners (ELL) is investigated. The lack of reading and spelling skills is found to be significantly correlated to insensitivity to derivational morphology.
Descriptors: Spelling, Dyslexia, Second Language Learning, English, Reading Skills, Learning Disabilities, Morphology (Languages), Decoding (Reading), Children, Correlation
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