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01 NRDC Dyslexia 1-88 update - Texthelp

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Phonological awareness 44<br />

Background 44<br />

What is phonological awareness? 44<br />

Individual differences in phonological awareness 46<br />

The reciprocal relationship between phonological awareness and<br />

reading ability 47<br />

Are there any impediments to the acquisition of phonemic awareness? 48<br />

Summary 49<br />

<strong>Dyslexia</strong> and alphabetic skills: the phonological deficit theory 49<br />

The phonological deficit theory 49<br />

What does the phonological deficit theory explain? 50<br />

What does the phonological deficit theory not explain? 50<br />

Do phonological deficits differentiate ‘dyslexics’ from other poor readers? 51<br />

Limitations of the phonological deficit theory: the phonological-core<br />

variable-difference model of reading disability 52<br />

What does the phonological-core variable-difference model predict? 53<br />

Is there an alternative to the phonological-core variable-difference model? 54<br />

<strong>Dyslexia</strong> and lexical access: the double-deficit hypothesis 55<br />

Introduction 55<br />

Is fluency distinct from phonological processing? 55<br />

Cognitive components of rapid naming 56<br />

What causes the naming-speed deficit? 56<br />

The diagnostic significance of naming speed tasks 57<br />

Naming-speed deficits in other languages 58<br />

The relation of naming-speed to psychometric and demographic variables 58<br />

The prognostic significance of naming-speed deficits in dyslexia 58<br />

Limitations of the double-deficit hypothesis 59<br />

<strong>Dyslexia</strong> and automaticity: the cerebellar deficit hypothesis 59<br />

Introduction 59<br />

The dyslexia automatisation deficit hypothesis 60<br />

The cerebellar deficit hypothesis 60<br />

Limitations of the cerebellar deficit hypothesis 61<br />

<strong>Dyslexia</strong> and processing speed: the temporal processing deficit theory 62<br />

Introduction 62<br />

Do dyslexics have a temporal deficit in visual processing? 63<br />

Do dyslexics have a temporal deficit in auditory processing? 64<br />

The magnocellular deficit hypothesis 65<br />

Limitations of the magnocellular deficit hypothesis 65<br />

Part three<br />

THE NEXT GENERATION OF THEORIES 67<br />

Introduction 67<br />

A cognitive process model of reading disability 67<br />

A self-organising systems model of reading disability 68<br />

An atypical brain development framework for developmental learning<br />

disabilities 70<br />

Part four<br />

TOWARDS GOOD PRACTICE FOR DYSLEXIC STUDENT IN ADULT LITERACY<br />

AND NUMERACY EDUCATION 72<br />

Introduction 73<br />

What is to be done and why? 73

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