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Non‐word repetition and literacy in Dutch children at‐risk of dyslexia and children with SLI: results of the follow‐up study
Author(s) -
de Bree Elise,
Wijnen Frank,
Gerrits Ellen
Publication year - 2010
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.395
Subject(s) - dyslexia , specific language impairment , psychology , literacy , reading (process) , developmental psychology , repetition (rhetorical device) , developmental dyslexia , language disorder , cognition , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy , pedagogy
This study related the non‐word repetition (NWR) abilities of 4‐year‐old children at‐risk of dyslexia and children with specific language impairment (SLI) to their reading abilities at age eight. The results show that the SLI group obtained the lowest NWR score and the at‐risk group performed in‐between the control and SLI group. Approximately half of the at‐risk and SLI group showed reading difficulties. Literacy and NWR abilities were correlated for the at‐risk group, but not for the SLI group. The findings point toward differences between the groups and suggest that dyslexia and SLI should not be treated as a similar disorder. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.