Computer-based training with ortho-phonological units in dyslexic children: new investigations

Autor: Jean-Emile Gombert, Jean Ecalle, Houria Bouchafa, Annie Magnan
Přispěvatelé: Centre de Recherches en Psychologie Cognition et Communication (CRPCC EA 1285), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-MEN : EA1285-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Dyslexia
Dyslexia, Wiley, 2009, pp.218-238
ISSN: 1099-0909
1076-9242
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE