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INTRODUCTION !
AIMS
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The Simple View of Reading (SVR) proposes that reading comprehension (R) is the product of two components: The aims of the study were to determine:
decoding (D) and language comprehension (L). !
! R=DXL If the SVR is valid and applicable for beginner readers in a
transparent orthography, Spanish.
Various studies have shown that the SVR can account for approximately 45% - 80% of the variance in reading
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comprehension for english speaking children (Catts, Hogan y Adlof, 2005; Conners, 2009; Georgiou, Das y
The contributions of decoding and language comprehension to
Hayward, 2009; Hoover y Gough, 1990).
reading comprehension in Spanish.
Multiple scientific articles and three meta-analysis examined the validity of the SVR in english (Gough, Hoover y !
Peterson, 1996; Florit y Cain, 2011; Ripoll, Aguado y Castilla-Earls, 2014). Whether adding the short term memory, working memory and
Most of the research on the SVR model has been carried out on English-speaking children. rapid automatic naming improve the explanation of the reading
comprehension in young readers.
There is a not much literature on the examination of the SVR in Spanish.
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METHODOLOGY
PARTICIPANTS: EVALUATION:
95 Peruvian students from first grade of two private schools (middle-high socio The students were was tested individually on a battery of decoding and language comprehension related skills
economic status) i of Lima (Per). measures after seven months of formal instruction in reading.
ABILITIES MATERIALS
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RESULTS
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Data were loaded in four factors after all the scores entered Regression analyses showed that fluency and some language comprehension tasks contributed more to the
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into a factor analysis: explanation of reading comprehension.
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! Step R R
R
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DECODING Mean of reading time of words, pseudo words and
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a text of punctuation marks of a Battery for
Reading Processes Assessment (PROLEC- R)
Mean of reading time of words, pseudowords and a text 0,493 0,244 0,244
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! CONCLUSIONS ! REFERENCES
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