Phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, and reading of functionally illiterate adults

Autor(es)

Michelino, Matheus Sant'Ana ; Macedo, Elizeu Coutinho

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CoDAS; v. 33, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2021-01-01.

Resumo

Purpose: The study's purpose is to describe the cognitive profile of a sample of functionally illiterate individuals in reading, phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN), as well as to correlate the performance of these tasks. Moreover, it sought to understand how the performances in PA and RAN predict results in reading of words and pseudowords. Methods: 23 functionally illiterate adults were assessed for intelligence, reading, PA and RAN tasks. Results: Participants showed difficulties in PA, performing poorly in tasks involving phoneme analysis and manipulation. In RAN, they found it easier to name alphanumeric items. Regarding reading, they presented difficulties in phonological processing, with errors caused by phonological exchange. Correlation analyses indicated that reading presented higher correlations with RAN than PA. Finally, a regression analysis indicated that performance in RAN can account for more than half of participants' reading results. Conclusion: In general, the profile of functionally illiterate adults presents impairment in the abilities assessed that are more evident in PA at phoneme levels as well as in naming of non-alphanumerical items. Moreover, the results in RAN explain those in word and pseudowords reading better than the results in PA. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/22664-3 - Análise do padrão dos movimentos oculares em adultos tardiamente alfabetizados: tarefas de nomeação automática rápida e decisão lexical
• Beneficiário: Matheus Sant'Ana Michelino
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica