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Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Schmitt, Mary Beth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Children with language impairment (LI) are at an elevated risk for reading difficulties, particularly if their language difficulties are present at the time of formal schooling entry. Learning to read is heavily dependent on linguistic knowledge, specifically phonological knowledge for word decoding and language comprehension for reading…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Literacy
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Arndt, Elissa J.; Crawford, Elizabeth C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Currently students who struggle with language and literacy learning are classified with various labels in different states--language learning disabilities, dyslexia, specific language impairment, and specific learning disability--in spite of having similar diagnostic profiles. Drawing on the research on comprehension of written language, we…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Consultants, Written Language, Learning Disabilities
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Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
The Simple View of Reading (P. B. Gough & W. Tunmer, 1986; W. A. Hoover & P. B. Gough, 1990) provides a 2-component model of reading. Each of these 2 components, decoding and comprehension, is necessary for normal reading to occur. The Simple View of Reading provides a relatively transparent model that can be used by professionals not only to…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Intervention