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Volume 16:9 September 2016
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Relative Contribution of Naming Speed and Phoneme Awareness To
Reading Kannada and English in
Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Biliterates

Marita P. J. Saldanha, M.Sc., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Anand Siddaiah, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

Phonological awareness (PA) and naming speed or Rapid automatised Naming (RAN) are the major building blocks of efficient reading. The current study compared the performance of three groups of biliterates with and without dyslexia on PA and RAN. Further, the study examined the unique and shared contributions of the aforementioned building blocks to the reading English and Kannada, an alphabetic and Indian alphasyllabury writing system respectively. Adopting a quasi experimental research design, the participants were dyslexic children who were remediated to a large extent, children who were typically developing, and children with dyslexia who were not remediated. The overall results confirm the view that while both RAN and PA together contribute to the early development of reading across orthographies, the relative importance of PA, specifically at the phoneme level, may not be so crucial in nonalphabetic systems.

Keywords: Phonological awareness, naming speed, alphasyllabary, biliterates, developmental dyslexia, remediation, English, Kannada.

Introduction

Biology is not destiny (Leopold, 2013). Neuronal plasticity has given opportunities to researchers to successfully remediate children, adolescents and adults with developmental dyslexia (DD) benefit from reading intervention (Shaywitz & Shaywitz, 2005). The inconsistent sound encoding by dyslexics can be ‘fixed’ by training (Hornickel & Kraus, 2013). DD is a lifelong brain disorder with a genetic disposition, and no spontaneous remission for “catching up” can be expected. The inconsistencies in performance and learning challenges can be very frustrating and the devastating effects can be seen in the form of low levels of general and academic self esteem, and also peer and teacher related areas of adjustment (Thambirajah, 2010).

Efficient phonological processing such as phonological awareness (PA) and rapid naming are very vital for the mastery of literacy (Araújo, Bramão, Faísca, Petersson, & Reis, 2010; Wagner, Torgesen, & Rashotte, 1999). These deficits are the primary causes for reading problems in DD, and despite being independent sources of breakdown of reading dysfunction, have an additive effect on most reading and spelling measure (Miller et al., 2006; Nicolson & Fawcett, 2005; Norton & Wolf, 2012; Verhagen, Aarnoutse, & Van Leeuwe, 2010; Vukovic & Siegel, 2006 ).

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Marita P. J. Saldanha, M.Sc., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Psychology
University of Mysore
Mysore 570006
Karnataka
India
marisal1784@gmail.com

Second Author
Dr Anand Siddaiah, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
GHES Fellow (NIH)
Public Health Research Institute of India
Yadavagiri
Mysore 570020
Karnataka
India
anand0619@yahoo.co.in
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