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Sentence Comprehension and Working Memory in Children with Specific Language Impairment.
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Montgomery, James W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article examines the construct of working memory and its relationship to sentence comprehension difficulties of children with specific language impairment. Some sentence comprehension problems of these children may be related to inefficient management of working memory resources. Techniques for assessing working memory and enhancing the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Evaluation Methods
Capacity Limitations in Working Memory: The Impact on Lexical and Morphological Learning by Children with Language Impairment.
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Weismer, Susan Ellis – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article examines the role of capacity limitations in working memory for children with specific language impairment (SLI). Preliminary findings support the contention that capacity constraints play a role in language disorders and that variations in the presentation rate of linguistic models affect the ability of children with SLI to learn new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
Semantic Organizers: Implications for Reading and Writing.
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Pehrsson, Robert S.; Denner, Peter R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Teaching organizational strategies to language-disordered children can improve comprehension and formulation of written language. The semantic organizer approach involves activating and organizing prior knowledge, understanding text structure, and developing organizational strategies with both a verbal component and a graphic-structure component.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies