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Talk to Me II. Common Concerns.
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Blind Childrens Center, Los Angeles, CA. – 1985
Intended for parents of blind children, the booklet presents guidelines regarding potential difficulties in blind children's language development. The first section focuses on repetitions and offers suggestions on dealing with and responding to those repetitions. Section 2 considers reasons for blind children's questions, including attention,…
Descriptors: Blindness, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Rewriting the Headlines.
Stewart, Nea – Australian Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes five videotapes drawn from a conference on teacher education. The tapes discuss alternative ways of viewing current problems in reading and language development, the "Breakthrough to Literacy" program developed in Great Britain, language codes, language as a resource, and language as a part of human behavior. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Ability
The Clinical Assessment of Language Comprehension.
Miller, Jon F.; Paul, Rhea – 1995
A variety of informal language development assessment tools is presented for use with children with developmental disabilities. This book is written as a manual for clinicians and researchers for evaluating children who cannot meet the cognitive, perceptual, or motor requirements of standardized tests and to help evaluate aspects of language not…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Technology and Phonology: The Essentials of Spoken Language for Hearing Impaired Children.
Ling, Daniel – ACEHI Journal, 1991
This paper discusses normal and deviant phonological processes and describes applications of emerging technology to enhance acquisition of spoken language by hearing-impaired children. Key elements for advancing spoken language development include exposure to spoken language patterns from early infancy, increased use of strategies promoting…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
Language Play.
Schwartz, Judy I. – 1979
This paper discusses kinds and characteristics of language play, explores the relationship of such play to wider domains of language and play, and speculates on the possible contributions of language play for language mastery and cognitive development. Jump rope chants and ritual insults ("Off my case, potato face") and other expressive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Essays, Expressive Language
Using Instructional Design Principles to Produce an IVD to Enhance the Linguistic Environment of Deaf Children.
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Stewart, David A.; And Others – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
A prototype interactive videodisc system was created with the objectives of teaching signed communication skills to hearing associates of deaf children and language patterns to deaf children. This paper reviews the applications of computer technology in deaf education, the self-instructional capabilities of interactive videodisc systems, and…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Deafness