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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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Snowling, Margaret J.; Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
D. V. M. Bishop and M. J. Snowling (2004) proposed that 2 dimensions of language are required to conceptualize the relationship between dyslexia and specific language impairment: phonological skills and wider language skills beyond phonology (grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic skills). In this article, we discuss the commonalities between…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Skills, Environmental Influences, Reading Comprehension