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Investigating profiles of lexical quality in preschool and their contribution to first grade reading

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  • Kimberley Murphy
  • Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC)
  • Kelly Farquharson
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/2016
<mark>Journal</mark>Reading and Writing
Issue number9
Volume29
Number of pages26
Pages (from-to)1745-1770
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date21/05/16
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This longitudinal study investigated profiles of lexical quality domains in preschool children and the extent to which profile membership predicted reading comprehension in first grade. A latent profile analysis was conducted to classify 420 preschool children on lexical quality domains, including orthography, phonology, morphosyntax, and vocabulary. Regression analysis was used to determine whether profile membership was associated with first grade outcomes across reading comprehension and its components (i.e., listening comprehension and word recognition). Results revealed five profiles of lexical quality which were predictive of all three outcomes in first grade. Children in low lexical quality profiles performed more poorly on the outcome measures than children in the higher lexical quality profiles. Additionally, profile membership did differentially predict later reading outcomes. These results suggest that lexical quality profiles are associated with reading and therefore may offer a means of early identification of children who are susceptible to future reading difficulties.

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The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-016-9651-y