Title:
THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES OF READING SKILLS

Authors:
Professor Ali Muhsin Gharab Al-Majdawi (Ph.D.) and Fatima Raheem Jabbar , Iraq

Abstract:
Three processes (phonological, syntactic, and working memory) show a significant increase in development during the period of rapid reading skill acquisition. Students with reading disabilities experience significant disruptions in these processes, but not to the same extent in semantic or orthographic processes. However, reading is hampered by the underutilization of phonological processing and the near-total reliance on semantics and orthographic or other cognitive processes (sustained attention, sequential processing, visual processes, comprehension, etc.). The core traits of reading disability are deficits in three basic cognitive functions: phonological processing, syntactic awareness, and working memory. It is crucial that assessments for learning disabilities take into account and methodically measure these processes. All rights reserved. (Siegel& Mazabel, 2014).