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Download full textJay, Timothy B. – 1978
Disciplines interested in communication have failed to describe adequately the comprehension or production of taboo or dirty words with the result that little is known about the phenomenon. A review of research leads to the assumption that taboo word comprehension and production are the result of some or all of the following elements of the…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English, Expressive Language, Idioms
Agranowitz, Aleen; McKeown, Milfred Riddle – 1968
The occurance of aphasia in adults and children is discussed along with therapeutic measures. An orientation of what aphasia is and the problems it presents for adults is followed by a statement of present methods of retraining. Consideration is given to an evaluation of defects, attitudes and techniques in retraining, group therapy, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids
Graham, Marben Robert – 1971
The effect of teaching dialect-related writing skills to black, blue collar children in the fourth, seventh, and eleventh grades in comparison with similar white, blue collar students and white, white collar students was investigated. Eight operational hypotheses were developed and tested at the three grade levels. The data compared consisted of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Expressive Language
Stremel, Kathleen; Wilson, Rebecca – 1998
This workbook for developing communication in learners with severe disabilities is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The objective of the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Concept Teaching, Early Intervention, Expressive Language
Sattler, Jerome M. – 2001
This text is designed not only as a teaching text but also as a reference source for students and professionals on the assessment of the cognitive development of children. Chapters address: (1) process challenges of assessing children; (2) context challenges in assessing children; (3) ethical, legal, and professional applications of assessment…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
Peer reviewedVivas, Eleonora – Language Learning, 1996
Reports on an experimental investigation of the effects of a systematic, story-reading-aloud program on some language variables in preschool and first-grade children. Results indicate that both age groups significantly increased their language comprehension and expressions when listening to stories read aloud, either at home or at school. (25…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Experimental Groups
Peer reviewedWestby, Carol E.; Roman, Rosario – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
After describing the principles of culturally compatible education, the characteristics of Native American and mainstream narrative discourse are compared, and teaching the structure, content, and style of mainstream narratives is advocated. A program designed to facilitate Native American elementary school children's abilities to comprehend and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Communication Skills
Direct linkWesterlund, Monica; Berglund, Eva; Eriksson, Marten – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a screening instrument (the Swedish Communication Screening at 18 months of age; SCS18), derived from the Swedish MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, in identification of 18-month-old children who will be severely language disabled by 3 years of age, the authors (a) analyzed which SCS18's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Receptive Language, Informal Assessment, Language Acquisition
Myers, Chloë – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
The study investigates strategies and contexts for supporting the literacy development of young, augmented speakers, whose difficulties in literacy learning are not explained by their levels of cognition alone. Indeed, quantitative and qualitative differences exist in their literacy experiences at home and school. In this study, four primary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Elementary School Students, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
Connecticut Birth to Three System, Hartford. – 1998
This document presents guidelines for differential diagnosis and eligibility determination under Connecticut's Birth to Three System for young children with communication problems, usually delayed speech. An executive summary presents a rationale and recommendation locator in the form of a matrix of communication problems, the eligibility…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Developmental Delays
Strong, Carol J.; And Others – 1992
SKI*HI is a program designed to identify children with hearing impairments as early as possible and to provide them and their families with complete home programming that will facilitate development. The delivery model includes identification/screening services, home visit services, support services, and program management. A parent advisor makes…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Early Intervention
Morgan, Wendy R. – 1986
If young readers (adolescents) are introduced to a range of story structures and less structured texts (or "deviant narratives"), it may encourage the development of more diverse and accommodating schemata and the capacity to make inferences about the link between discourse units. It is, after all, a basic principle of recent narrative…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Expressive Language
Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – 1988
Down Syndrome children exhibit language delays, particularly in expressive abilities, more severe than would be anticipated from their cognitive level alone. This research project sought to develop a procedure for introducing total communication into the home environment of prelinguistic Down Syndrome infants and for comparing the relative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome
MCGINNIS, MILDRED A. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE APHASIA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS, TO PRESENT A PROCEDURE FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO APHASIC CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY THIS PROCEDURE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. OTHER HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA ARE PRESENTED BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Delayed Speech
SCHIEFELBUSCH, RICHARD L., ED.; AND OTHERS – 1967
BASED ON A SERIES OF CONFERENCE PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, THE BOOK CONSIDERS BOTH EMPIRICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS. LITERATURE REVIEWS PROVIDE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON RELEVANT RESEARCH (68 RESEARCH, 1955-66) AND ON LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION (149 CITATIONS, 1929-66). FURTHER PAPERS ON…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
