Thèse de doctorat présenté en vue de l'obtention du doctorat en psychologie - recherche intervention, option neuropsychologie clinique (Ph.D) / Le trouble développemental du langage (TDL) est souvent associé à des difficultés de lecture, tant sur le plan de la compréhension de lecture que de l’identification des mots écrits, mais les habiletés de lecture varient d’un enfant à l’autre chez cette population. Il est important de s’intéresser aux facteurs de risque qui engendrent des difficultés de lecture chez les enfants ayant un TDL afin de mieux cibler ceux ayant besoin de soutien dans ce domaine et d’optimiser les méthodes d’intervention qui leur sont offertes. Alors que certains facteurs de risque sont bien connus, comme le degré et l’étendue de l’atteinte langagière orale, d’autres demeurent peu étudiés, comme une atteinte des fonctions exécutives (FE). Pourtant, le lien entre FE et lecture est bien établi et les enfants ayant un TDL sont nombreux à vivre des difficultés en FE. Les objectifs principaux de cette thèse, composée de deux articles, étaient d’examiner les profils de lecteurs et d’étudier les liens entre FE et compréhension de lecture chez des enfants francophones du primaire ayant un TDL. Pour y arriver, le premier article poursuit la validation des sous-tests « Lecture de mots et de pseudomots » et « Dictée de mots et de pseudomots » du Test d’évaluation du langage écrit québécois (TELEQ). Ces sous-tests ont été développés et prévalidés pour répondre au manque d’outils d’évaluation du langage écrit détenant de bonnes propriétés psychométriques et adaptés aux enfants franco-québécois du primaire. Deux objectifs étaient poursuivis : 1) consolider la validation de ces sous-tests auprès d’enfants ayant une dyslexie-dysorthographie 2) offrir des normes préliminaires pour ces sous-tests. Les participants étaient répartis dans le groupe contrôle (n = 171) et clinique (n = 49). Les courbes de caractéristique de performance ont permis de déterminer la sensibilité (87,76 %) et la spécificité (97,66 %) de l’utilisation des six mesures obtenues à ces sous-tests. Ces sous-tests s’avèrent pertinents pour l’évaluation des difficultés de lecture et d’écriture ainsi que pour le diagnostic et le dépistage de la dyslexie-dysorthographie dans les milieux cliniques et de recherche québécois. Dans le deuxième article, le TELEQ a été utilisé pour décrire les profils de lecteurs d’enfants ayant un TDL et examiner le lien entre les FE et la compréhension de lecture. Le TELEQ a été administré à 81 enfants de la 4e à la 6e année primaire (contrôle : n = 66, TDL : n = 15). Une majorité d’enfants ayant un TDL présentait des difficultés en compréhension de lecture et en identification des mots écrits (profil faible lecteur, 8/13). Une évaluation globale des FE a montré que plusieurs des enfants ayant un TDL présentaient une atteinte importante des FE. Parmi les enfants ayant un TDL au profil faible lecteur, la majorité présentait à la fois une atteinte des processus cognitifs ne nécessitant pas les inférences et une atteinte des processus cognitifs nécessitant les inférences en compréhension de lecture, mais deux cas d’exception étaient observés. Chez eux, certains facteurs protecteurs étaient relevés, tels que l’absence d’une atteinte sur la sphère réceptive du langage (2/2) ou en FE (1/2). Les FE étaient fortement reliées aux habiletés de compréhension de lecture dans les deux groupes (contrôle : r = 0,38, TDL : r = 0,72). Dans le groupe TDL, les FE étaient reliées aux deux types de processus cognitifs en compréhension de lecture (nécessitant ou non les inférences), alors que dans le groupe contrôle, les FE étaient reliées seulement aux processus nécessitant les inférences. Les FE n’apportaient pas de valeur prédictive unique à la compréhension de lecture au-delà des variables du modèle simple de la lecture (compréhension langagière orale et identification de mots écrits), deux composantes déjà connues comme impliquées dans la compréhension de lecture. Ainsi, l’effet des FE sur la compréhension de lecture semble être majoritairement indirect, via son effet sur les deux composantes du modèle simple de la lecture. Les implications théoriques et cliniques des résultats de cette thèse sont discutées à la lumière des connaissances actuelles et différentes pistes de recherches futures sont évoquées. / Developmental language disorder (DLD) is often associated with reading difficulties in both reading comprehension and written word identification, but reading skills vary from child to child in this population. It is important to address the risk factors that lead to reading difficulties in children with DLD to better target children who need support in this area and to optimize the intervention methods offered to them. While some risk factors are well known, such as the degree and extent of oral language impairment, others remain poorly studied, such as executive function (EF) impairment. However, the link between EF and reading is well established and many children with DLD experience difficulties in EF. The main objectives of this thesis, consisting of two articles, were to examine the profiles of readers and to study the links between EF and reading comprehension in French-speaking primary school children with TDL. To this end, the first paper continues the validation of the subtests "Lecture de mots et de pseudomots" and "Dictée de mots et de pseudomots " of the Test d'évaluation du langage écrit québécois (TELEQ). These subtests were developed and pre-validated in response to the lack of written language assessment tool with good psychometric properties and adapted to Quebec francophone children in elementary school. Two objectives were pursued: 1) to consolidate the validation of these subtests with children with dyslexia/dysorthographia 2) to provide preliminary norms for these subtests. Participants were divided into control (n = 171) and clinical (n = 49) groups. Performance characteristic curves were used to determine the sensitivity (87.76%) and specificity (97.66%) of using the six measures obtained on these subtests. These subtests have proven to be relevant tools for the assessment of reading and writing difficulties as well as for the diagnosis and screening of dyslexia/dysorthographia in Quebec clinical and research settings. In the second paper, the TELEQ was used to describe the reading profiles of children with DLD and to examine the relationship between EF and reading comprehension. The TELEQ was administered to 81 children in grades 4-6 (control: n = 66, DLD: n = 15). A majority of DLD children had difficulties in reading comprehension and written word identification (poor reader profile; 8/13). A global assessment of EF showed that many of the DLD children had significant impairment in EF. Among DLD children with poor reader profile, the majority showed both impairment of cognitive processes not requiring inference and impairment of processes requiring inference in reading comprehension, but two exceptional cases were observed. In these cases, certain protective factors were noted, such as the absence of impairment in the receptive sphere of language (2/2) or in EF (1/2). EF were strongly related to reading comprehension skills in both groups (control: r = 0.38, DLD: r = 0.72). In the DLD group, EF were related to both types of cognitive processes in reading comprehension (requiring or not inferences), whereas EFs were only related to processes requiring inferences in the control group. EF did not provide unique predictive value for reading comprehension beyond the variables of the simple view of reading (listening comprehension and word identification skills), two components already known to be involved in reading comprehension. Thus, the effect of FE on reading comprehension seems to be mostly indirect, via its effect on the two components of the simple view of reading The theoretical and clinical implications of the results of this thesis are discussed in the light of current knowledge and various avenues for future research are discussed.

MAIA, Maurício Holanda. Aprendendo a marchar: os desafios da gestão municipal do ensino fundamental e da superação do analfabetismo escolar. 2006. 187f. Tese (Doutorado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2006. / Submitted by Raul Oliveira (raulcmo@hotmail.com) on 2012-08-07T14:39:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_MHMAIA.pdf: 955230 bytes, checksum: dc1b7e9c77fd2d6cda7a963a55c13bfc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-08-14T13:26:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_MHMAIA.pdf: 955230 bytes, checksum: dc1b7e9c77fd2d6cda7a963a55c13bfc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-08-14T13:26:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_TESE_MHMAIA.pdf: 955230 bytes, checksum: dc1b7e9c77fd2d6cda7a963a55c13bfc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / The present study reports an undertaking by the Municipal Administration of Education in the city of Sobral, State of Ceará, from 2001 to 2004, where, within a context of intense municipalization of elementary school teaching in Brazil and deterioration of the learning results of 4th graders, this municipality has successfully implemented a policy of literacy at the right age, which defines as its major goal having a 100 percent of the students from Sobral able to read and write by the age of seven. This study has been organized in three basic aspects. The first aspect deals with the statistics and analysis of relevant elements of the municipalization process of education, which took place in the country from 1995 on. The implementation of the educational policy adopted at the municipal level in Sobral is reported in the second aspect of this study, focusing the period ranging from 2001 to 2004, with particular emphasis on the external evaluations of reading and writing. The third and last aspect is one of reflection and synthesis, when the economical, political, social, and educational history of Brazil is taken into account, in order to understand the past and get a glimpse of the future. Last but not least, a question is proposed: which past and present factors allow us to understand how a society can grow without schools or schooling for all its members, as was the case in Brazil from the 30’s to the 80’s? Or to have schools and schooling in which there was no mastering of reading, the basic condition for wider and diverse learning, as happened in this country in the 90’s and the first half of this decade? We believe that the report of this experiment and its analysis can become an effective tool to strengthen the municipal administration of public education with the aim of overcoming the serious problems it still faces, among which, and with absolute priority, school illiteracy. / O trabalho relata a experiência da gestão municipal da Educação em Sobral, no período de 2001 a 2004, quando, num contexto de intensa municipalização do ensino fundamental e de deterioração dos resultados de aprendizagem dos alunos da 4ª série, esse Município implementou, com sucesso, uma política de alfabetização na idade certa, definindo como meta prioritária a alfabetização de 100% dos alunos até os sete anos de idade. O trabalho está organizado em três eixos. No primeiro, de contextualização, são abordados, pela análise documental e estatística, os elementos relevantes à acelerada municipalização da Educação, ocorrida no país a partir de 1995. No segundo eixo, é apresentada a experiência da gestão da Educação desenvolvida no Município de Sobral–Ceará, com foco no quadriênio 2001-2004. Após breve relato das ações e resultados do período anterior, descrevem-se com detalhes as medidas da gestão e os resultados educacionais e pedagógicos do período de 2001 a 2004, com ênfase para as avaliações externas de leitura e escrita. O terceiro eixo é de reflexão e síntese. Neste, incursiona-se pela história econômica, política, social e educacional brasileira, considerando o passado e buscando vislumbres de futuro; que fatores passados e presentes permitem entender como uma sociedade pode ter crescimento sem escolas e escolarização para todos, como foi o caso do Brasil entre os anos 30 e 80, ou, ainda, ter escolas e escolarização, sem que nestas haja aprendizagem da leitura e da escrita, condição básica para aprendizagens mais amplas e diversas, como foi o caso do país nos anos 90 e nesta primeira metade desta nova década? Entende-se que o relato e a reflexão em torno desta experiência podem constituir efetiva contribuição ao fortalecimento, nos municípios brasileiros, da gestão da educação pública, com vistas à superação dos graves problemas com que esta ainda se defronta. Entre estes, e com absoluta prioridade, o do analfabetismo escolar.

This research surveys the Swiss missionaries' management of social transformation in South Africa (1873-1973). It has as its major focus the management of schools, hospitals and churches as the primary institutions of social change in society. The researcher's realisation that more often than not, the changes brought to bear on proselytes by the change forces take time to manifest themselves vividly induced him to extend the scope to include the dawn of the new political dispensation in this country in 1994. This need not surprise the readership as the triadic approach, which is synonymous with historical analyses compels researchers to avail readers of what happened in the past, present as well as what is likely to occur in future. In other words, readers will encounter the ethnic nationalism engineered by different change agents in this country and the repercussions thereof, and the schism within the Swiss Mission in South Africa/Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa that started in 1989 and became reality in 1991. Finally, the thesis also appraises readers of what should be done in periods of rapid social change. / Educational Studies / D.Ed. (History of Education)

Lingvistika je představena v aplikaci na řešení obtíží u lidí s jazykovým hendikepem, kteří se nacházejí ve speciálně pedagogickém prostředí. Ve výzkumu a rehabilitaci jazykových symptomů se nazývá klinickou lingvistikou. Klinická lingvistika kooperuje v multidisciplinárním kontextu s psycholingvistikou a neurolingvistikou. Práce nastiňuje potřebnost klinické lingvistiky také v českém měřítku. Je analyzována diagnóza vývojová anartrie u celoživotně nemluvících lidí s dětskou mozkovou obrnou. Vývojová anartrie je dosti častou diagnózou ve speciálním školství. Vyjevuje se její nedostatečný popis klinickou logopedií a potřeba její analýzy z klinicko-lingvistického hlediska. U vývojové anartrie je odhaleno druhotné narušení jazykových funkcí, sekundární dysfázie. Sekundární dysfázie u vývojové anartrie se manifestuje na všech jazykových rovinách, práce tuto manifestaci ukazuje. Inteligentní lidé s vývojovou anartrií se ocitají v situaci pozdní akvizice mateřského jazyka, který produkčně uchopují pouze ve formě psané řeči. Mají dílčí percepční obtíže. Fatální nemožnost mluvené produkce jim zapříčiňuje subvokální vnitřně řečový deficit. Je diskutován potenciál těchto lidí osvojovat jazyk v procesu pozdní akvizice, diskuze je uvedena v kontextu světového výzkumu o otázkách maturace a kritických period....

This research surveys the Swiss missionaries' management of social transformation in South Africa (1873-1973). It has as its major focus the management of schools, hospitals and churches as the primary institutions of social change in society. The researcher's realisation that more often than not, the changes brought to bear on proselytes by the change forces take time to manifest themselves vividly induced him to extend the scope to include the dawn of the new political dispensation in this country in 1994. This need not surprise the readership as the triadic approach, which is synonymous with historical analyses compels researchers to avail readers of what happened in the past, present as well as what is likely to occur in future. In other words, readers will encounter the ethnic nationalism engineered by different change agents in this country and the repercussions thereof, and the schism within the Swiss Mission in South Africa/Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa that started in 1989 and became reality in 1991. Finally, the thesis also appraises readers of what should be done in periods of rapid social change. / Educational Studies / D.Ed. (History of Education)

This dissertation interrogates the deficit assumptions about English proficiency of skilled immigrants who were recruited by Canadian governments between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Through the lens of literacy as social practice, the eighteen-month ethnographic qualitative research explores the sequential experiences of settlement and economic integration of seven well-educated Chinese immigrant professionals. The analytical framework is built on sociocultural approaches to literacy and learning, as well as the theories of discourses and language reproduction. Using multiple data sources (observations, conversational interviews, journal and diary entries, photographs, documents, and artifacts collected in everyday lives), I document many different ways that well-educated Chinese immigrants take advantage of their language and literacy skills in English across several social domains of home, school, job market, and workplace. Examining the trans-contextual patterning of the participants’ language and literacy activities reveals that immigrant professionals use literacy as assistance in seeking, negotiating, and taking hold of resources and opportunities within certain social settings. However, my data show that their language and literacy engagements might not always generate positive consequences for social networks, job opportunities, and upward economic mobility. Close analyses of processes and outcomes of the participants’ engagements across these discursive discourses make it very clear that the monolithic assumptions of the dominant language shape and reinforce structural barriers by constraining their social participation, decision making, and learning practice, and thereby make literacy’s consequences unpredictable. The deficit model of language proficiency serves the grounds for linguistic stereotypes and economic marginalization, which produces profoundly consequential effects on immigrants’ pathways as they strive for having access to resources and opportunities in the new society. My analyses illuminate the ways that language and literacy create the complex web of discursive spaces wherein institutional agendas and personal desires are intertwined and collide in complex ways that constitute conditions and processes of social and economic mobility of immigrant populations. Based on these analyses, I argue that immigrants’ successful integration into a host country is not about the mastery of the technical skills in the dominant language. Rather, it is largely about the recognition and acceptance of the value of their language use and literacy practice as they attempt to partake in the globalized new economy.

This dissertation interrogates the deficit assumptions about English proficiency of skilled immigrants who were recruited by Canadian governments between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Through the lens of literacy as social practice, the eighteen-month ethnographic qualitative research explores the sequential experiences of settlement and economic integration of seven well-educated Chinese immigrant professionals. The analytical framework is built on sociocultural approaches to literacy and learning, as well as the theories of discourses and language reproduction. Using multiple data sources (observations, conversational interviews, journal and diary entries, photographs, documents, and artifacts collected in everyday lives), I document many different ways that well-educated Chinese immigrants take advantage of their language and literacy skills in English across several social domains of home, school, job market, and workplace. Examining the trans-contextual patterning of the participants’ language and literacy activities reveals that immigrant professionals use literacy as assistance in seeking, negotiating, and taking hold of resources and opportunities within certain social settings. However, my data show that their language and literacy engagements might not always generate positive consequences for social networks, job opportunities, and upward economic mobility. Close analyses of processes and outcomes of the participants’ engagements across these discursive discourses make it very clear that the monolithic assumptions of the dominant language shape and reinforce structural barriers by constraining their social participation, decision making, and learning practice, and thereby make literacy’s consequences unpredictable. The deficit model of language proficiency serves the grounds for linguistic stereotypes and economic marginalization, which produces profoundly consequential effects on immigrants’ pathways as they strive for having access to resources and opportunities in the new society. My analyses illuminate the ways that language and literacy create the complex web of discursive spaces wherein institutional agendas and personal desires are intertwined and collide in complex ways that constitute conditions and processes of social and economic mobility of immigrant populations. Based on these analyses, I argue that immigrants’ successful integration into a host country is not about the mastery of the technical skills in the dominant language. Rather, it is largely about the recognition and acceptance of the value of their language use and literacy practice as they attempt to partake in the globalized new economy.