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Some Measures of Lexical Diversity in Aphasic and Normal Language Performance
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Wachal, Robert S.; Spreen, Otfried – Language and Speech, 1973
Describes the investigation of a number of lexical diversity measures in connection with speech samples taken from 20 aphasic and 20 normal subjects. (TO)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Comparative Analysis, Language Ability, Language Handicaps
Psycholinguistic Analysis of Aphasic Language: Theoretical Formulations and Procedures
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Spreen, Otfried; Wachal, Robert S. – Language and Speech, 1973
Presents the background, rationale, and examples for a comprehensive psycholinguistic study of free speech samples obtained from 50 adult aphasics in comparison with those obtained from 50 adult normal speakers. (TO)
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Comparative Analysis, Language Ability
A Conceptual Framework in Language Learning Disabilities: School-Age Language Disorders
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Wallach, Geraldine P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
The author reflects upon some of the similarities and differences that exist across 25 years of research and practice in language learning disabilities and provides examples of how definitions of and perceptions about language, learning, and reading disabilities are still evolving. The author also evaluates language intervention approaches then…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairments, Early Intervention
Spelling Disability: A Developmental Linguistic Analysis of Pattern Abstraction.
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Schwartz, Sybil – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1983
Compares and contrasts the abilities of normal and learning disabled students to abstract spelling patterns in the course of their acquisition of spelling skills. The performance of the learning disabled was significantly below that of the normal students. In addition, error analysis indicates that the responses of the learning disabled spellers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Dictation, Language Acquisition
Processing Narratives for Verbatim and Gist Information by Adults with Language Learning Disabilities: A Functional Neuroimaging Study
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Plante, Elena; Ramage, Amy E.; Magloire, Joel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
How verbal information is processed and recalled appears to be influenced by the structure of the information presented (e.g., unrelated sentences vs. narratives) and the processes the listener uses to encode the information (e.g., verbatim encoding vs. gist extraction). Twenty adults, half with a history of learning disabilities (HLD) and half…
Descriptors: Sentences, Learning Disabilities, Control Groups, Personal Narratives
Effectiveness of Language Intervention with the Language/Learning Disabled.
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Nye, Chad; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1987
A total of 43 studies, involving 1,703 subjects with a mean age of 6:11, were analyzed to assess the effectiveness of language intervention with language/learning disabled children. Results suggested that the average language-disordered child moved from the 50th percentile to the 85th as a result of language intervention. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Becoming Literate in English as a Second Language.
Goldman, Susan R., Ed.; Trueba, Henry T., Ed. – 1987
A collection of articles on English-as-a-Second-Language literacy and literacy education include: "Contextual Issues in the Study of Second Language Literacy" (Susan R. Goldman); "Mexican Adult Literacy: New Directions for Immigrants" (Concha Delgado-Gaitan); "Factors Affecting Development of Second Language Literacy" (Richard Duran); "Reading in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Age Differences, Bilingualism