Are word-reading processes the same or different in adult literacy students and third-fifth graders matched for reading level?

Daphne Greenberg · Linnea C. Ehri · Dolores Perin

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This study examined whether word-reading processes operate similarly in adult literacy (AL) students and elementary school students matched for reading level. Comparison of mean performances revealed that adults were severely deficient on phonologically complex tasks (segmentation, deletion, and nonword reading). In contrast, on orthographically complex tasks, adults revealed both strengths (sight-word reading) and weaknesses (spelling). Regression analyses revealed that individual differences in word and nonword reading abilities were explained by the same orthographic and phonological processes in AL students and children, despite differences in their levels of performance. Correlations between word reading and spelling measures were weaker among AL students than among children. Inadequate integration of these skills may explain adults' phonological deficits as well as their reading acquisition difficulties.

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