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Bakhtiari, Dariush; Greenberg, Daphne; Patton-Terry, Nicole; Nightingale, Elena – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2015
Oral language is a critical component to the development of reading acquisition. Much of the research concerning the relationship between oral language and reading ability is focused on children, while there is a paucity of research focusing on this relationship for adults who struggle with their reading. Oral language as defined in this paper…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Difficulties, Adults, Language Skills
Spence, Carol M. – 1971
Some insight into the relationship between language and thought can be achieved through a comparison between American Sign Language and English. This paper discusses several studies on this topic and defines some of the problems. The author feels that the deaf using American Sign Language cannot be considered linguistically deficient. A structural…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Dialects