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Retention of Idioms Following One-Time Exposure
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Reuterskiold, Christina; Van Lancker Sidtis, Diana – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2013
This study explored retention of idioms and novel (i.e. newly created or grammatically generated) expressions in English-speaking girls following exposure only once during a conversation. Our hypothesis was that idioms, because of their inherent holistic, nonliteral and social characteristics, are acquired differently and more rapidly than novel…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Figurative Language, Familiarity, Females
Cognitive and Language Acquisition in Typical and Aided Language Learning: A Review of Recent Evidence from an Aided Communication Perspective
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Murray, Janice; Goldbart, Juliet – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is a discipline that has seen recent developments as a consequence of the worldwide technological revolution. Children with complex communication needs, who benefit from such systems, are now afforded an opportunity to develop independent communication skills. The aim of this paper is to review…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Skill Development
Variables that Influence Decoding and Spelling in Beginning Readers
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Strattman, Kathy; Hodson, Barbara Williams – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2005
Performances on tasks of phonemic manipulation, working memory, rapid naming, multisyllable word naming, receptive vocabulary and nonverbal intelligence were compared with decoding and spelling scores for 75 beginning readers. Multiple regression analysis revealed that phonemic manipulation accounted for the greatest amount of variance for both…
Descriptors: Phonemics, Memory, Spelling, Nonverbal Ability
The Role of Phonological Representation in Decoding Skills of Young Readers
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Hester, E.; Hodson, B. W. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2004
Phonological awareness reflects the strength of a child's ability to represent linguistic information cognitively at the phonological level. Although the role of phonological awareness in early reading decoding has been well documented, its relationship to other factors affecting reading decoding has yet to be fully examined. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Memory, Reading Skills
Performance of Children with Different Types of Communication Impairment on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF)
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Lloyd, Helen; Paintin, Kath; Botting, Nicola – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2006
Three groups of children with communication disorders were assessed using the CELF (Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals). The results were used to compare the language skills of children with specific language impairment (SLI), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and a middle group who shared some characteristics of both SLI and ASD (Shared…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Sentences, Communication Disorders, Autism