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Home Literacy Environment of Children of Different Lingual-Cognitive Profiles
Franke, Helena ; Štech, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kesselová, Jana (referee) ; Šulová, Lenka (referee)
TITLE: Home Literacy Environment of Children of Different Lingual-Cognitive Profiles AUTHOR: Helena Franke DEPARTMENT: Department of Psychology SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Štech, CSc. CONSULTANT: Prof. PhDr. Marína Mikulajová, CSc. ABSTRACT: The thesis deals with the home literacy environment of 87 Slovak speaking children (41 with typical language development, 31 SLI children and 15 children at family risk of dyslexia) at the age of 5 to 7 years and their parents. Their home environment was monitored by means of questionnaires while their abilities were studied via a test battery. The aim of the study was to describe the home literacy environment of the two groups of children at risk of dyslexia as indicated by their linguistic-cognitive profiles. The data show that both at risk groups of children live in a poorer literacy environment and that their parents perform less direct literacy activities then those in the control group. The caregivers' daily hassles in families with dyslexia were affected by their own ADHD. The richness of the literacy environment of both clinical groups correlates with children's phonological awareness and in families with dyslexia with children's reading and writing performance. At the end of the first grade, poor readers of all three groups lag behind in language,...
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Home Literacy Environment of Children of Different Lingual-Cognitive Profiles
Franke, Helena ; Štech, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kesselová, Jana (referee) ; Šulová, Lenka (referee)
TITLE: Home Literacy Environment of Children of Different Lingual-Cognitive Profiles AUTHOR: Helena Franke DEPARTMENT: Department of Psychology SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Štech, CSc. CONSULTANT: Prof. PhDr. Marína Mikulajová, CSc. ABSTRACT: The thesis deals with the home literacy environment of 87 Slovak speaking children (41 with typical language development, 31 SLI children and 15 children at family risk of dyslexia) at the age of 5 to 7 years and their parents. Their home environment was monitored by means of questionnaires while their abilities were studied via a test battery. The aim of the study was to describe the home literacy environment of the two groups of children at risk of dyslexia as indicated by their linguistic-cognitive profiles. The data show that both at risk groups of children live in a poorer literacy environment and that their parents perform less direct literacy activities then those in the control group. The caregivers' daily hassles in families with dyslexia were affected by their own ADHD. The richness of the literacy environment of both clinical groups correlates with children's phonological awareness and in families with dyslexia with children's reading and writing performance. At the end of the first grade, poor readers of all three groups lag behind in language,...
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Comprehension of syntactic structures in young school-age children
Schöffelová, Miroslava ; Rendl, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šulová, Lenka (referee) ; Kesselová, Jana (referee)
TITLE: Comprehension of syntactic structures in young school-age children ABSTRACT: The thesis deals with the comprehension of syntactic structures in children attending the second grade of elementary school which was part of a larger research project exploring assumptions regarding reading and writing. The comprehension of syntactic structures was studied using an experimental version of a test which monitors the processing of different types of simple phrases and sentences. Data show the level of comprehension of children at this age, how the children understand the sentences, and what the most common mistakes are. We were able to identify the different strategies that are used in the processing of sentences and explain some of the typical ways to erroneous interpretations of sentences using the concepts described in literature. We also investigated relationships with other skills. In addition to analysis of the role of memory in sentence comprehension, the work deals mainly with the relationship between reading efficiency and reading comprehension. The results show the relationship between these variables in the Slovak language, and compare the findings with data from studies in other languages. KEY WORDS: Comprehension of syntactic structures, process of comprehension, thematic roles, comprehension...
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