The relationship between reading and diglossia to reading comprehension: a comparison between students with learning disabilities and students without learning disabilities in first grades. (English)

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the level of reading according to diglossia (literary language and spoken language) and the level of reading comprehension among students with learning disabilities compared to students without learning disabilities in the first grades of elementary schools. For the purpose of the study, 60 students were sampled in the first grades of integration in elementary schools, of which 30 students have learning disabilities (50%) and 30 students without learning disabilities (50%), and were tested using two tests: a reading test (accuracy and fluency in literary and verbal language) and a reading comprehension test. This study's findings show significantly better measures of reading skills and reading comprehension in the students without learning disabilities, and significant interaction between reading and reading comprehension in the entire study population. In view of the marked gaps between the two populations of students, it is important to pay special attention to the population with learning disabilities and strive to help these students improve on the measures tested in this study (reading skills and reading comprehension). This could have a positive impact on a variety of other pedagogical-related phenomena, such as academic achievements in school subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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