Purpose: The present study investigated the characteristics of phonological information processing as manifested in the writing of dictated syntagmas, capable of indicating possible correlations and the predictive impact between the analyzed orthography errors (coding of voiced and voiceless phonemes, undue segmentation and word junction) according to the school system. Methods: Eighty children from both genders, aged between 6 and 11 years, were selected from those regularly enrolled between the 2 nd and 5 th years of primary education, in both public and private schools in the

Estudos de Psicologia I Campinas I 32(4) I 605-615 I outubro -dezembro 2015

Introduction: Speech disorders may impair the construction of phonemegrapheme association and affect decoding and reading fluency. Purpose: To describe the performance profiles of schoolchildren diagnosed with reading disorder (RD) and with reading disorder associated with phonological disorder (PD) in the task of reading of isolated items according to the psycholinguistic characteristics of such items. Methods: The medical records of 36 schoolchildren enrolled at the 4 th and 5 th grades of elementary school were analyzed as follows: 18 children with RD were paired with other 18 children with typical development according to age, schooling, and gender. The study sample was divided into four groups: Study Group 1 (SG1), composed of 10 schoolchildren with RD; Study Group 2 (SG2), comprising eight schoolchildren with RD and PD; Control Group paired with SG1 (CG1); and CG paired with SG2 (CG2). The reading of words and pseudo words was compared with respect to orthographic regularity, frequency, and extension. The data were statistically analyzed. Results: Lower values of rate and accuracy were observed in the study groups compared with those of the control groups, except for the rate of pseudo words in SG2. The study groups showed lower statistical results than the control groups for all regularity variables, except for irregular words. SG1 and CG1 presented similar performance in the reading of monosyllabic and polysyllabic words. Regarding trisyllabic and dissyllable words, significantly lower mean values were found in SG1 compared with those of CG1; however, SG2 showed significantly lower performance regardless of item extension. Performance of the study groups with respect to item familiarity was significantly lower for all variables, except for high frequency. Conclusion: Children with RD present good use of the lexical route and difficulty with the phonological route. Phonological speech disorder impairs the performance of schoolchildren on both reading routes.

RESUMO Purpose Investigar a capacidade de automonitoramento da compreensão leitora de escolares brasileiros do Ensino Fundamental. Método Avaliaram-se 53 alunos do 5º e 9º anos do Ensino Fundamental de escolas da rede pública de São Paulo, selecionados pelo valor de taxa de leitura oral de texto e agrupados a partir de seu desempenho em compreensão leitora em: Grupo de melhor compreensão: escolares com taxa e acurácia adequadas, sem dificuldades na compreensão leitora; Grupo de pior compreensão: escolares com taxa e acurácia adequadas e dificuldades na compreensão leitora. Dois textos narrativos acompanhados de oito questões para avaliar a compreensão leitora foram apresentados. Duas sentenças e duas palavras foram substituídas por elementos agramaticais, pseudopalavras. Na condição de monitoramento espontâneo, os escolares leram o texto oralmente e responderam a questões. A análise considerou o cômputo de hesitações, autocorreções, repetições e erros. Na condição de monitoramento dirigido, leram o texto, informados de que algumas partes poderiam não fazer sentido e que as sublinhassem. A análise se deu pelo cômputo dos itens sublinhados. Os grupos foram comparados pelo Teste de Mann-Whitney. Resultados Observou-se diferença entre os grupos em nível frasal no 9º ano, na condição de monitoramento espontâneo, e no 5º ano, na condição de monitoramento dirigido. Conclusão Escolares de pior compreensão leitora apresentaram desempenho inferior ao monitorar a presença de sentenças agramaticais.