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Computer‐based training with ortho‐phonological units in dyslexic children: new investigations
Author(s) -
Ecalle Jean,
Magnan Annie,
Bouchafa Houria,
Gombert Jean Emile
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/dys.373
Subject(s) - dyslexia , spelling , reading (process) , psychology , test (biology) , phonological awareness , learning to read , task (project management) , literacy , cognitive psychology , rapid automatized naming , linguistics , pedagogy , paleontology , philosophy , management , economics , biology
This study aims to show that training using a computer game incorporating an audio‐visual phoneme discrimination task with phonological units, presented simultaneously with orthographic units, might improve literacy skills. Two experiments were conducted, one in secondary schools with dyslexic children (Experiment 1) and the other in a speech‐therapy clinic with individual case studies (Experiment 2). A classical pre‐test, training, post‐test design was used. The main findings indicated an improvement in reading scores after short intensive training (10 h) in Experiment 1 and progress in the reading and spelling scores obtained by the dyslexic children (training for 8 h) in Experiment 2. These results are discussed within the frameworks of both the speech‐specific deficit theory of dyslexia and the connectionist models of reading development. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.