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Combining Implicit and Explicit Intervention Approaches to Target Grammar in Young Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Calder, Samuel D; Claessen, Mary; Leitão, Suze – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
Children with Developmental Language Disorder are likely to experience difficulties with morphosyntax, especially regular past tense marking. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of intervention to improve morphosyntax in young school-aged children with DLD. This study investigated the efficacy of combined explicit and implicit…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Effectiveness of Intervention for Grammar in School-Aged Children with Primary Language Impairments: A Review of the Evidence
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Ebbels, Susan – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
This article summarizes the evidence as regards the effectiveness of therapy for grammar for school-aged children with language impairments. I first review studies focusing on specific areas of grammar (both expressive and receptive targets) and then studies aiming to improve language more generally, several of which focus more on the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grammar, Language Impairments, Expressive Language
Treating the Passive in Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Usage-Based Approach
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Riches, Nick G. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2013
This study taught the passive to two children with specific language impairment (aged 8;1 and 8;2). It employed usage-based principles including "constructional grounding"; using short structures as the basis for acquiring long structures, and "construction conspiracy"; encouraging analogies between partially overlapping…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Language Skills, Intervention