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Gilbert, John H. V. – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Discusses published references to deaf infants babbling like normal hearing children and states that the relationship between babbling and hearing still remains to be proven. (EKN)
Descriptors: Child Language, Deafness, Infants, Language Acquisition
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Bates, Elizabeth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
Discusses the assessment of children's early language comprehension by the use of (1) parent reports; (2) preferential-looking models; and (3) event-related brain potentials. Examines recent findings on dissociations between language comprehension and production in normal, late-talking, and brain-injured children and considers the implications of…
Descriptors: Children, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
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Ladd, Paddy; Edwards, Vivian – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the similarities between British Sign Language and West Indian Creole, both in their social development and structural similarity. Pertinent educational implications are discussed. (EKN)
Descriptors: Creoles, Deafness, Language Attitudes, Language Handicaps
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Messing, Jurgen; And Others – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the problems in obtaining data for the error analysis of deviant speech. It is suggested that the only way to obtain reliable data is to compare the difference between utterances of handicapped subjects and the analyzer's expectations with the differences of non-handicapped subjects and the analyzer's expectations. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Language Handicaps, Language Research, Speech Evaluation
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Danet, Brenda – Society, 1983
Discusses the "Plain English" movement in relation to legal and bureaucratic documents and, especially, courtroom proceedings. Points out ways that language can be manipulated in order to enhance the powerlessness of participants in court litigation. (GC)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Language Handicaps, Language Role, Language Styles
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LaSasso, Carol – Journal of Reading, 1983
Using a 16-year-old deaf male as an example, shows how language-handicapped students can benefit from the language experience approach when their dictation is modified toward standard written English. (FL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Experience Approach, Language Handicaps, Language Skills
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Wing, Clara S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1982
A model of language abilities in matrix form is described in which areas of language ability are defined in terms of the effects of receptive and expressive language processes on four linguistic levels: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Tests
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Blachman, Benita A.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews an individually administered instrument for use by special education teachers in assessing both spoken and written language for the purpose of developing a remedial program. Finds many problems with the instrument and concludes that there is little or no justification for using it. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Handicaps, Language Skills, Language Usage
Gannett, Cinthia; Diller, Karl – 1981
The relation between reading and writing is important because tacit and possibly unwarranted assumptions underlie the theories and pedagogies which govern these processes. These assumptions are challenged by the claims that: (1) reading and writing are related in neurolinguistically specifiable ways; (2) they do not seem to be simple inverses of…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Language Handicaps, Language Processing
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Dale, Philip S.; Cole, Kevin N. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
In response to Leonard (EC 600 867), two aspects of language development are identified in which the discrepancies between domains of language and/or cognitive development often observed in specific language impairment children occur naturally as a consequence of individual variation in rate of development together with relative independence of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition
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Chaney, Carolyn – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1990
This paper defines the whole language approach and identifies its strengths and weaknesses. An integrated instructional approach is recommended, balancing meaning and exposure to literature with skills instruction and practice. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Integrated Activities
Menyuk, Paula – 1979
Issues concerning the teaching of sign systems to severely communicatively handicapped persons are considered. It is explained that the differences causing severe communication handicaps will affect which aspects of language processing and which aspects of language will be affected. Suggestions are made as to why some individuals who have great…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Handicaps, Language Processing, Learning Theories
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Bartoli, Jill Sunday – Language Arts, 1986
Discusses how the socioeconomic "caste system" operates to differentiate education, and addresses questions concerning the definition of mainstream competence and the labeling of students as unfit or incompetent. Discusses the shortcomings of the three solutions for language incompetence. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, English, English Instruction
Dudley-Marling, Curt – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1987
When speech language pathologists collaborate with classroom teachers to develop language rich environments with many reading, writing, speaking, and listening opportunities, they increase the likelihood that the goals of therapy for language-impaired children will be supported throughout the school day. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
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Edwards, A. D. – Language Arts, 1982
Summarizes historical developments in the sociology of language and education. Urges teachers to create alternative patterns of interaction in their classrooms so that they might better promote learning, language development, and social relations among teachers and students. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Family School Relationship, Interference (Language), Language Handicaps
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