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Reading Comprehension of Flemish Deaf Children in Belgium: Sources of Variability in Reading Comprehension after Cochlear Implantation
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van der Kant, Anne; Vermeulen, Anneke; De Raeve, Leo; Schreuder, Robert – Deafness and Education International, 2010
This paper reports the results of two studies of reading comprehension of Flemish children in Belgium. In the northern part of Belgium (Flanders), Dutch is the official language. The Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Flanders are called Flemish. Dutch is also the national language of the Netherlands. Despite both groups using Dutch, cultural…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Deafness, Children, Assistive Technology
Assessment of Sign Language Development: The Case of Deaf Children in the Netherlands
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Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
In this article, we will describe the development of an assessment instrument for Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN) for deaf children in bilingual education programs. The assessment instrument consists of nine computerized tests in which the receptive and expressive language skills of deaf children at different linguistic levels (phonology,…
Descriptors: Phonology, Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness
Cognitive Predictors of Language Development in Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
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van Daal, John; Verhoeven, Ludo; van Balkom, Hans – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Language development is generally viewed as a multifactorial process. There are increasing indications that this similarly holds for the problematic language development process. Aims: A population of 97 young Dutch children with specific language impairment (SLI) was followed over a 2-year period to provide additional evidence for the…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Phonology, Semantics, Syntax
Sprache und Sozio-Oekonomischer Index (Speech and Socioeconomic Index)
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Bluhme, Hermann – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1976
A comparison of the socioeconomic index of 77 speakers of Dutch, recorded in 40 places, revealed certain correlations between index and individual linguistic behavior, particularly in regard to the speed of articulation, quantity quotient (low vowels/short vowels), pitch modulation, number of relative clauses and passive construction. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Dutch, Phonology, Socioeconomic Background
Age Differences in Second Language Acquisition.
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Snow, Catherine E.; Hoefnagel-Hoehle, Marian – 1975
English-speaking children and adults who were learning Dutch at school and at work, without signigicant amounts of foreign language instruction, were tested at five-month intervals during their first year in Holland. The test battery included tests for active and passive control of phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. Significant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Dutch, Language Research
Transfer in Bilingual Development: The Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis Revisited.
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Verhoeven, Ludo T. – Language Learning, 1994
This study examined linguistic interdependence in 98 bilingual Turkish/Dutch children of Turkish background living in the Netherlands since birth, to determine whether language and literacy skills can be transferred from 1 language. The results indicated that, although the transference of lexicon and syntax skills was limited, pragmatic,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dutch, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students