TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence for the early emergence of the simple view of reading in a transparent orthography
AU - Kendeou, Panayiota
AU - Papadopoulos, Timothy C.
AU - Kotzapoulou, Marianna
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - The main aim of the present study was to empirically test the emergence of the Simple View of Reading (SVR) in a transparent orthography, and specifically in Greek. To do so, we examined whether the constituent components of the SVR could be identified in young, Greek-speaking children even before the beginning of formal reading instruction. Our investigation focused on Kindergarten children and examined the dissociation of decoding-related and language comprehension skills using Exploratory Factor Analysis. All children were administered a battery of decoding-related and comprehension measures. The analysis demonstrated that comprehension and decoding-related measures loaded as distinct factors in young Greek-speaking children and that the two factors were weakly correlated. The present findings provide important support for the validity of the SVR framework as a model of reading skills acquisition in a language with a transparent orthography, such as Greek.
AB - The main aim of the present study was to empirically test the emergence of the Simple View of Reading (SVR) in a transparent orthography, and specifically in Greek. To do so, we examined whether the constituent components of the SVR could be identified in young, Greek-speaking children even before the beginning of formal reading instruction. Our investigation focused on Kindergarten children and examined the dissociation of decoding-related and language comprehension skills using Exploratory Factor Analysis. All children were administered a battery of decoding-related and comprehension measures. The analysis demonstrated that comprehension and decoding-related measures loaded as distinct factors in young Greek-speaking children and that the two factors were weakly correlated. The present findings provide important support for the validity of the SVR framework as a model of reading skills acquisition in a language with a transparent orthography, such as Greek.
KW - Comprehension
KW - Kindergarten children
KW - Simple view of reading
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U2 - 10.1007/s11145-012-9361-z
DO - 10.1007/s11145-012-9361-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872944541
SN - 0922-4777
VL - 26
SP - 189
EP - 204
JO - Reading and Writing
JF - Reading and Writing
IS - 2
ER -