01 NRDC Dyslexia 1-88 update - Texthelp

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Research Report
Function Checklist item Observations
Reading/ decoding
cont.
Dislikes reading aloud (29)
Might indicate a word recognition or
decoding problem, or social selfconsciousness.
Takes longer than expected to
read a page of a book (30)
As there is no representative ‘page’ and
no representative ‘reader’, this is a
necessarily subjective judgement. There
might be a problem with reading rate
despite accurate word recognition and
decoding, or a conceptual difficulty with
a complex text, or progress slowed by
puzzling misreadings.
Dislikes reading long books (32)
Similarly, this might indicate a problem
with reading rate despite accurate word
recognition and decoding, or a
conceptual difficulty with a complex
text, or progress slowed by puzzling
misreadings.
Does not read for pleasure (41)
Once again, this might indicate a
problem with reading rate despite
accurate word recognition and
decoding, or a conceptual difficulty with
a complex text, or progress slowed by
puzzling misreadings.
Loses place or jumps lines when
reading (49)
Might indicate a problem with verbal
short-term memory, or a problem with
oculomotor control.
Confuses morphologically similar
words when speaking (52)
Confuses orthographically
similar words when reading (53)
Might be a temporary characteristic of a
relatively inexperienced reader.
Confuses semantically similar
words (54)
Might be a temporary characteristic of a
relatively inexperienced reader.
Spelling/
encoding
Experiences continuous
problems with spelling the same
word differently in one document
(20)
Might indicate lack of systematic
learning or teaching.
Spells poorly (33)
Ambiguous, as some spelling errors
indicate a partial mastery of the
alphabetic system (such as the
regularisation of irregular words, or
failure to observe rules for consonant
doubling) while others might indicate
fundamental misunderstanding or lack
of knowledge.