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Marshall, Chloë R.; Hobsbaum, Angela – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Children who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) may start school with smaller vocabularies than their monolingual peers. Given the links between vocabulary and academic achievement, it is important to evaluate interventions that are designed to support vocabulary learning in this group of children. Aims: To evaluate…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Vernon, McCay; Koh, Soon – Amer Ann Deaf, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
Quigley, Stephen P. – 1969
Two studies were made of the Rochester Method of combining fingerspelling with speech and of its effects on development of language and communication in profoundly, prelingually deaf children. A survey tested school performances of 200 subjects from six residential schools for the deaf, three of which used the Rochester Method and three which used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research