Language and Literacy Development of Children with Williams Syndrome

Autor/in	Mervis, Carolyn B.
Titel	Language and Literacy Development of Children with Williams Syndrome
Quelle	In: Topics in Language Disorders, 29 (2009) 2, S.149-169 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-8294
Schlagwörter	Reading Comprehension; Phonics; Short Term Memory; Reading Ability; Language Processing; Literacy; Language Skills; Reading Instruction; Reading Strategies; Speech Language Pathology; Child Development; Communication Disorders; Neurological Impairments; Genetic Disorders; Learning Disabilities; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Sprachverarbeitung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Leseunterricht; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Kindesentwicklung; Kommunikationsstörung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Williams syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of approximately 25 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. Children with the syndrome evidence large individual differences in both broad language and reading abilities. Nevertheless, as a group, children with this syndrome show a consistent pattern characterized by relative strengths in concrete vocabulary and phonological processing (language skills strongly related to single-word reading) and relative weaknesses in relational concepts, receptive grammar, verbal working memory, comprehension monitoring, and discourse (language skills strongly related to reading comprehension). Children with Williams syndrome who have been taught reading using a systematic phonics approach both decode and comprehend significantly better than children who have been taught using a whole-word approach. Consideration of these patterns in the context of what is known about the reading development of children in the general population provides a strong foundation for facilitating the reading development of children with Williams syndrome. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10