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Oracy: Social Facets of Language Learning
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Saracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Researchers and educators have developed an interest in language development. Their studies focused on the cultural context in which language is learned and developed and its relationship to cognitive development. This article reviews the researchers' definitions on oracy and its social facets of language learning. Specifically, it reviews studies…
Descriptors: Written Language, Teacher Role, Social Life, Cultural Context
Language Acquisition after Mutism: A Longitudinal Case Study of Autism.
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Windsor, Jennifer; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This longitudinal case study follows the development of a woman with autism from mutism at age 10 to acquisition of a range of spoken and written language skills by age 26. Results support hypotheses that both spoken and written language may become feasible forms of communication in such cases, although some skills may plateau or decline.…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Spoken and Written Language Assessment of Orally Trained Children with Hearing Loss: Syntactic Structures and Deviations.
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Tur-Kaspa, Hana; Dromi, Esther – Volta Review, 1999
A language assessment procedure was used with spontaneous spoken and written language samples of 13 orally trained children with hearing loss in integrated classrooms in two Israeli elementary schools. Results revealed significant differences between spoken and written language samples of these children in various correct syntactic structures,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language
SOME THOUGHTS ON LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE PROCESSES.
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CASSIDY, FREDERIC G. – 1963
THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD "LANGUAGE" CAN BE LIMITED TO MEAN "A VOCAL AND AUDITORY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, WHICH WORKS BY THE SYMBOLIC PROCESS, WHICH HAS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE, AND WHICH IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO LONG AS IT REMAINS IN USE." THERE ARE SIX IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DEFINITION--(1) ALTHOUGH LANGUAGE IS PRIMARILY AUDITORY AND VOCAL, IT CAN…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, English Instruction, Expressive Language
Facilitating Classroom Success for the Closed Head Injured Student.
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DePompei, Roberta; Blosser, Jean L. – 1987
Intended for special educators and administrators, the paper addresses the educational implications of closed head injury in children. Characteristics of head injured students are noted, including previous successful experiences in social and academic settings, inconsistent performance patterns, and cognitive deficits which are present as in other…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Behavior Patterns, Class Activities, Cognitive Development
APHASIC CHILDREN, IDENTIFICATION AND EDUCATION BY THE ASSOCIATION METHOD.
MCGINNIS, MILDRED A. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE APHASIA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS, TO PRESENT A PROCEDURE FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO APHASIC CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY THIS PROCEDURE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. OTHER HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA ARE PRESENTED BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Delayed Speech