Disentangling dyslexia from typical L2‐learning in emergent literacy
Turid Helland,
Frøydis Morken,
Wenche A. Helland
Abstract:The present paper assessed how dyslexia can be identified in school children with another language than their first language. Participants were school children with Norwegian as their second language (L2), and two groups of children with Norwegian as their first language (L1): a control group (L1‐Con), and a dyslexia group (L1‐Dys). All were 2nd and 3rd graders who had attended Norwegian schools from 1st grade on. None of the individuals in L1‐Con or the L2 group were identified with any learning disability. H… Show more
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