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Nelson, Nickola Wolf; Crumpton, Teresa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) can raise questions about whether language and literacy delays and difficulties are related directly to late and limited access to spoken language, to co-occurring language learning disabilities (LLD), or to both. A new Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills, which incorporates…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Arndt, Elissa J.; Crawford, Elizabeth C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Currently students who struggle with language and literacy learning are classified with various labels in different states--language learning disabilities, dyslexia, specific language impairment, and specific learning disability--in spite of having similar diagnostic profiles. Drawing on the research on comprehension of written language, we…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Consultants, Written Language, Learning Disabilities
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Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
The Simple View of Reading (P. B. Gough & W. Tunmer, 1986; W. A. Hoover & P. B. Gough, 1990) provides a 2-component model of reading. Each of these 2 components, decoding and comprehension, is necessary for normal reading to occur. The Simple View of Reading provides a relatively transparent model that can be used by professionals not only to…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Intervention