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Language Development, Literacy Skills, and Predictive Connections to Reading in Finnish Children with and without Familial Risk for Dyslexia
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Torppa, Minna; Lyytinen, Paula; Erskine, Jane; Eklund, Kenneth; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Discriminative language markers and predictive links between early language and literacy skills were investigated retrospectively in the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia in which children at familial risk for dyslexia have been followed from birth. Three groups were formed on the basis of 198 children's reading and spelling status. One…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Morphology (Languages), Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness
Hampered Production of Words as a Characteristic of School Failure.
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van der Wissel, A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study demonstrated that 36 male children (ages 7-10) with learning problems were characterized not by a restricted vocabulary as such (i.e., the variance common to both receptive and productive vocabulary measures) but by a hampered production of words (i.e., the variance common to both speed-of-naming and productive vocabulary measures.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
A Language Skills Program for Secondary LD Students.
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Howe, Bill – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
A program was developed to increase the receptive and expressive language skills of 24 secondary learning-disabled students. Program units covered word sorting, sight-word vocabulary, key-word reading, reading rate, reading comprehension, listening, and writing. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Reading and Writing Competencies of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities.
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Algozzine, Bob; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study analyzed communication performance of tenth grade learning disabled (LD) students (N=1,098) on the Florida State Student Assessment Test-II (a minimum competency test). LD students demonstrated better literal communication skills and poorer interpretive and written communication skills. Employers (N=240) also supported the importance of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Employer Attitudes, Expressive Language, Grade 10