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Disentangling Phonemic Awareness in Developmental Dyslexia: Implications for Assessment and Intervention
Abdul-Malik Othman Esmail Ghaleb, Sawsan Abdullah Ali Thabet

Abstract
This study explores phonemic awareness in developmental dyslexia with the aim of proposing effective strategies to help researchers as well as teachers better assess phonemic awareness in children with developmental dyslexia in Taiz city, Yemen. To this end, 20 dyslexic students enrolled in government and private schools were recruited for this study. The quantitative data were collected through a test adapted from Arabic Dyslexia Assessment Test (ADAT) and Arabic Reading Test (ART) to assess the subjects’ phonemic awareness skills. In addition to the statistical analysis, the subjects’ common errors pertaining to phonemic awareness skills were also analysed. Based on the results, implications for intervention were proposed to help teachers consider the individual differences pertaining to phonemic awareness skills, and better support children with poor phonemic awareness. The study concludes with some implications and insights into phonemic awareness assessment and intervention in primary schools in Taiz city.

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