Preventing early reading disabilities in preschool children at-risk for reading failure : a phonological awareness-based program

Abstract EN

This study describes an action research project designed to prevent early reading skills of children at- risk for future reading disabilities.

A total of 47 children diagnosed as having poor pre-reading skills by teacher's nominations were invited to participate.

The sample was randomly divided into two groups; experimental (n= 24, 16 boys, 8 girls) and control (n= 23, 18 boys and 5 girls ).

ANCOVA and Repeated Measures Analyses were employed for data analysis.

Findings from this study indicated the effectiveness of the program employed in improving the pre -reading skills in the target children.

On the basis of the findings, the study supports the idea of PA as a powerful predictor of early reading achievement