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Sheetal, Amrita Yadava, and Novrattan Sharma
Delhi Public School, Rohtak M.D. University, Rohtak.
It has been observed that some students fi nd it diffi cult to acquire a second language (L2)
although they are well versed in their mother tongue. The present study was conducted
to identify the predictors of second language (English) dyslexia in students who did
not suffer from dyslexia in their primary language i.e. Hindi, but were facing diffi culty
in acquisition of L2. A two group design was used to differentiate between good and
poor readers in English among students studying in Hindi medium schools. A purposive
sample of 100 participants (Good readers: 50; Poor readers: 50) from VII and VIII grade
students DST-S (Dyslexia Screening Test-Secondary) was administered for assessment
of second language reading profi ciency. The results showed that fi ve subtests of DST-S
correctly classifi ed 90% of the respondents into good and poor readers, where 88% of
poor readers and 92% of good readers were classifi ed correctly. Thus, identifi cation of
poor L2 (English) readers can be made by administration of only fi ve subtest of DST-S