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Brinton, Bonnie; Fujiki, Martin – School Psychology International, 2017
Children with limited language expression and comprehension abilities are at risk for academic failure, particularly in literacy acquisition. In addition, these children often have poor social outcomes, including difficulty forming friendships, social exclusion, withdrawal, and victimization. The academic and social difficulties that these…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Impairments, Class Activities, Bibliotherapy
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Henry, Nicholas; Culmana, Hillah; VanPattena, Bill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
The role of explicit information (EI) as an independent variable in instructed SLA is largely underresearched. Using the framework of processing instruction, however, a series of offline studies has found no effect for EI (e.g., Benati, 2004; Sanz & Morgan-Short, 2004; VanPatten & Oikkenon, 1996). Fernandez (2008) presented two online experiments…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Word Order, Sentence Structure, Predictor Variables
Rondal, J. A. – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
Discusses the language development in individuals with Down's syndrome in both early childhood and adulthood, and outlines intervention programs to assist language development in these individuals not only in their early years but throughout their lives. (71 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Downs Syndrome, Intervention, Language Acquisition