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Peer reviewedPaden, Elaine Pagel – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article reviews problems faced by researchers in the association between otitis media with effusion and phonological impairment and then summarizes currently established findings concerning otitis media and its effects on phonological acquisition. Professionals are cautioned to neither ignore nor exaggerate the possible influence of otitis…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Diseases, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedGillam, Ronald B. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Summarizes findings on the relationship of working memory and long-term memory to language impairments. Language interventions are discussed, including promoting attention, speaking clearly and slowly, promoting phonological coding, planning activities around topics familiar to the learners, helping learners organize new knowledge, and providing…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Children, Encoding (Psychology), Intervention
Peer reviewedPaul, Rhea – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
A portrait is presented of the toddler with slow expressive language development (SELD), based on research examining the health history; cognitive, communicative, and adaptive skills; behavior; and phonology of 30 toddlers with SELD and 30 nondisabled toddlers. The paper offers a review of research on the outcomes of SELD, and explores…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedCatts, Hugh W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
The article reviews research on the language basis of reading disabilities and draws implications for early identification. The article considers language problems in reading-disabled children, follow-up studies of language-impaired children, and phonological processing and reading disabilities. Implications include the value of preschool…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedBlachman, Benita A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article reviews research on training phonological awareness in kindergarten and first grade children and describes research-based intervention and assessment activities applicable to classroom and clinical settings. Intervention applications described include categorization activities, phoneme segmentation, and metalinguistic games. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedHoffman, Paul R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
This article describes a functional approach to language intervention that uses storybook reading contexts with preschool children who exhibit delayed phonological development. Oral scaffolding techniques, including discussions of narrative structure and content words, provide the modeling and metalinguistic descriptions typically used in…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition, Metalinguistics
Peer reviewedAnderson, Peggy J.; Graham, Suzanne M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article examines age-related variables (e.g., neurological, cognitive, affective) in the acquisition of a second-language phonology and discusses six evaluation and intervention issues, including mispronunciations as an indicator of either disordered speech or normal second-language learning, culture and language influences, and effective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Articulation Impairments, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedHodson, Barbara Williams – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Reviews relationships between phonological impairment, phonological awareness, and development of literacy in young children. Treatment options for preschoolers with phonological impairments are summarized. Critical variables in treatment research are identified, and four recent treatment research reports based on different phonological theories…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Emergent Literacy, Intervention, Language Research
