Cognitive Profiles of Korean Poor Readers

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Title:	Cognitive Profiles of Korean Poor Readers
Language:	English
Authors:	Cho, Jeung-Ryeul, Ji, Yu-Kyong
Source:	Dyslexia. Nov 2011 17(4):312-326.
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Peer Reviewed:	Y
Page Count:	15
Publication Date:	2011
Document Type:	Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative
Education Level:	Elementary Education Grade 3
Descriptors:	Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Phonological Awareness, Profiles, Grade 3, Dyslexia, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Visual Perception, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms:	South Korea
DOI:	10.1002/dys.439
ISSN:	1076-9242
Abstract:	This study compared the performance of 30 poor readers in the third grade with those of 30 average readers of the same age and 30 younger readers matched with the same reading level on phonological, visuo-perceptual, orthographic, and naming speed tasks. Individual data revealed heterogeneous profiles for the poor readers: six (20%) exhibited visual deficit; two (6.7%) had a single phonological deficit; and six (20%) had a double phonological and visual deficit. A naming speed deficit appeared, not as a single type, but in association with a phonological deficit (23.3%), a visual deficit (3.3%), or both (10%). These results suggest that Koreans' most significant reading problems lie in phonological awareness and in visual and naming speed processing. In particular, phonological and visual deficits are major independent risk factors in Korean reading impairments. (Contains 4 tables.)
Abstractor:	As Provided
Number of References:	53
Entry Date:	2012
Accession Number:	EJ954447
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	This study compared the performance of 30 poor readers in the third grade with those of 30 average readers of the same age and 30 younger readers matched with the same reading level on phonological, visuo-perceptual, orthographic, and naming speed tasks. Individual data revealed heterogeneous profiles for the poor readers: six (20%) exhibited visual deficit; two (6.7%) had a single phonological deficit; and six (20%) had a double phonological and visual deficit. A naming speed deficit appeared, not as a single type, but in association with a phonological deficit (23.3%), a visual deficit (3.3%), or both (10%). These results suggest that Koreans' most significant reading problems lie in phonological awareness and in visual and naming speed processing. In particular, phonological and visual deficits are major independent risk factors in Korean reading impairments. (Contains 4 tables.)
ISSN:	1076-9242
DOI:	10.1002/dys.439