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The Efficiency of an Explicit Approach to Improve Complex Syntax in French-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: A Pilot Study
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Hélène Delage; Emily Stanford; Pauline Garnier; Emilie Oriol; Eléonore Morin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have persistent language difficulties in complex syntax. To date, few studies have examined the effectiveness of syntactic training focusing on complex grammar, with no existing studies having been done in French. In English, the SHAPE CODING (SC) system, which combines shapes and colors…
Descriptors: French, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
Reported Speech Uses in Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
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Nina Crespo Allende; Maria Luisa Silva; Jeannette Sepúlveda Toro; Carola Alvarado Barra – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
This study compares the use of reporting speech devices (RS) in narrative retells by Spanish-speaking children with (and without) Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). We assessed 50 7-year-old children (25 with DLD and 25 with TD) and analyzed the narrative retells' length and the RS forms introduced by children. In addition, we considered the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Young Children, Spanish Speaking
Does Enhanced Conversational Recast Promote the Learning of Grammatical Morphemes in Cantonese-Speaking Preschool Children? Answers from a Single-Case Experimental Study
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Hau, Flora F.-W.; Wong, Anita M.-Y.; Ng, Megan W.-Y. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
Enhanced Conversational Recast (ECR) is an input-based grammatical intervention approach developed from research on statistical learning. Recent research reported evidence demonstrating the efficacy of ECR on the learning of grammatically obligatory morphemes in English-speaking preschool children with developmental language disorder (DLD). This…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sino Tibetan Languages, Outcomes of Treatment, Morphemes
The Effect of Workshop Training on Rater Variability in Children's Oral Narrative Assessment
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Karusoo-Musumeci, Ava; Pearce, Wendy M.; Donaghy, Michelle – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Oral narrative assessments are important for diagnosis of language disorders in school-age children so scoring needs to be reliable and consistent. This study explored the impact of training on the variability of story grammar scores in children's oral narrative assessments scored by multiple raters. Fifty-one speech pathologists and 19 final-year…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Speech Evaluation, Language Impairments, Elementary School Students