Phonological working memory, phonological awareness and language in literacy difficulties in Brazilian children |
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| Authors: | Thais Barbosa Monica Carolina Miranda Ruth F Santos Orlando Francisco A Bueno |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Psicobiologia, UNIFESP, R. Napole?o de Barros, 925 - VI. Clementino, S?o Paulo, SP, 04024-002, Brazil
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| Abstract: | One of the most usual flaws that lead to literacy disability regards cognitive difficulties and alterations some children
present in the literacy process. Many studies have found alterations in phonological processing, more specifically in phonological
working memory (PWM) and phonological awareness (PA). Therefore, our aim was to identify alterations in skills of phonological
working memory, phonological awareness and language (semantic, syntactic and phonological aspects) of Brazilian children with
literacy disabilities (age 7–8). They were divided into two groups: (1) Group of Normal Literacy (NL); and (2) Group With
Literacy Disabilities (LD). The evaluation comprised tests that assessed general cognitive functions and the skills at stake.
The LD presented a poorer performance than the NL in the skills of PWM, PA and language aspects. The factor analysis showed
that these skills prevailed in differentiating the groups. Thus, children with literacy disabilities presented deficits in
phonological processing and language. These deficits seem to be a result of alterations of the phonological representations
and poor language skills that are prior to the literacy period. Consequently, we believe that the early identification of
these alterations can be very useful for the prevention of future literacy problems. |
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| Keywords: | Language Literacy difficulties Phonological awareness Phonological processing Phonological working memory |
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