Oral Language Abilities in Children with Dyslexia and Poor Comprehension in Grades 3–6

Objectives: This study investigated receptive vocabulary and morphosyntactic skills of children with dyslexia, poor comprehension, typically developing in grade 3 to 6. Methods: A total 45 participated. In order qualify for each group, dyslexia scored below 85 on the word decoding test, comprehenders reading but above 90 test. Typically a standard score both comprehension. All were administered vocabulary, sentence repetition, morphological awareness, syntactic awareness tasks. Results: The results showed that there significant differences all language Poor lowest tasks, followed by dyslexia. task, between three groups; performed lower than repetition comprehension performance children. Additionally, only Conclusion: difficulties morphosyntax, exhibited weakness repetitions require linguistic knowledge phonological memory. Their oral may negatively influence development.