Purpose: To compare the occurrence of altered phonological processes and to use the severity index of phonological disorder to compare speech and writing samples from dyslexic students and students with good academic performance. Methods: Participants were 34 students of both genders from second to fifth grade, with ages between 8 years and 11 years and 11 months, divided into: G1 (17 students ...

Linguists and scholars have been studying the influence of English language competency on numerous domains such as academic performance employability for many years. While early researchers suggested that proficiency did not predict high ratings employment aptitude, evidence now shows is a cutting-edge asset in areas success highly competitive demanding industries various fields specialization....

OBJECTIVES Establishing similarities and differences between the performance of children from higher socioeconomic strata (4 and 5) attending kindergartens and those from low socioeconomic strata (1 and 2) concerning writing, notation, mode of production and style of speech. METHODS A set of initial and emergent writing assessment (IEWA) tasks were compared to evaluate three aspects of knowle...

The Center, established in 1987, initially focused on the teaching and learning of literature. In March 1996, the Center expanded its focus to include the teaching and learning of English, both as a subject in its own right and as it is learned in other content areas. ABSTRACT Despite substantial research on children's literacy performance outside school, relatively few studies have examined th...

This study examined the number of writing samples needed to obtain a reliable estimate of young struggling writers’ capabilities. It further assessed if performance in one genre was reflective of performance in other genres for these children. Secondand third-grade students (81 boys, 56 girls), who were identified as struggling writers in need of special assistance by their teacher and scored a...