Morphological awareness and learning to read
Impact of socio‐economic status in French third graders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21444709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alicia Rassel (Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 ‐ SCALab ‐ Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives Univ. Lille Lille France), Bruno Facon (0000-0003-2311-7482, Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 ‐ SCALab ‐ Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives Univ. Lille Lille France), Séverine Casalis (0000-0003-3850-1524, Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 ‐ SCALab ‐ Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives Univ. Lille Lille France) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 228-246 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Reading (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-0423 • E-ISSN: 1467-9817 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9817.12321 |
| OpenAlex | W3045906063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
Background In addition to phonological processing and vocabulary, morphological awareness has been clearly identified as contributing to learning to read. While the impact of socio‐economic status (SES) has been identified for both phonological processing and vocabulary, less is known about the SES influence on morphological awareness and its relationship to reading achievement. The study had two aims: to assess the net effect of SES on morphological awareness and to compare the independent contribution of morphological awareness to reading scores as a function of children's SES (middle vs low SES) when phonological processing and vocabulary are held constant. Methods The sample included 162 French third graders from low‐SES and middle‐SES schools. Children were assessed on reading‐related and literacy tests (phonological processing, vocabulary, morphological awareness, reading accuracy, fluency and comprehension). Results First, while morphological awareness was lower for low‐SES children, regression analyses showed that SES did not explain the morphological awareness score when phonological processing and vocabulary were taken into account. Second, while the morphological awareness contribution to reading accuracy did not differ across SES, its contribution to reading fluency was weaker in low‐SES as compared to middle‐SES children. Only vocabulary score predicted reading comprehension in low‐SES. Interestingly, morphological awareness was stronger than vocabulary as a determinant of reading scores in middle‐SES children, while it seems more dissociated from vocabulary in accounting for reading scores in low‐SES children. Conclusions The contribution of morphological awareness to low‐SES children's reading scores opens possibilities for morphological awareness‐based interventional studies in children with narrower vocabulary skills
Comprehension · Developmental psychology · Fluency · Learning to read · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Phonemic awareness · Phonological awareness · Population · Reading (process) · Reading comprehension · Socioeconomic status · Teaching method · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Demography · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |