ERIC Number: EJ862897
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Publication Date: 2009
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Cognitive and Linguistic Precursors to Early Literacy Achievement in Children with Specific Language Impairment
van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Verhoeven, Ludo; van Balkom, Hans; Bosman, Anna
Scientific Studies of Reading, v13 n6 p484-507 2009
This study investigated the role of cognitive and language skills as predictors of early literacy skills in children with Specific Language Impairment. A range of cognitive and linguistic skills were assessed in a sample of 137 eight-year-old children with SLI at the beginning of the school year, and 6 months later on word decoding and reading comprehension. The cognitive and linguistic measures revealed four factors that were called "language," "speech," "short-term memory," and "phonological awareness." Structural equation modeling showed word decoding to be predicted by speech, short-term memory, and phonological awareness, whereas reading comprehension was predicted by word decoding skills and short-term memory. It can be concluded that in children with SLI variations in early word decoding are mostly determined by speech abilities and short-term memory, and to a lesser extent by phonological awareness. Moreover, reading comprehension turns out to be highly dependent on word decoding and short-term memory. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Linguistics, Language Impairments, Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory, Decoding (Reading), Emergent Literacy, Thinking Skills, Literacy, Children, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Vocabulary, Oral Language, Phonemes, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Evaluation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
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