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Klee, Thomas; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
The study found that mean length of utterance (MLU) and age were significantly correlated in both language impaired (N=24) and normal preschool children with rates of MLU change also similar for both groups of children. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition

Reynell, Joan; Huntley, R. M. C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1971
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Ability, Language Handicaps, Language Tests
A Comparison of the Use of Language Functions by Normal and Language-Disordered Pre-School Children.
Klecan-Aker, Joan S.; Swank, Paul R. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1988
The study compared the use of language functions and language interactions in a structured setting with normal and language-disordered preschoolers. Language disordered children performed less appropriately on the average across all measures and the difference between groups was greater at younger ages. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition

Craig, Holly K.; Gallagher, Tanya M. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1986
The relationship between interactive play and the frequency of related responding to comments was investigated within the dyadic interactions between a language impaired 4-year-old and 4 normal language users. While the frequency of related responses was variable for the subject, the frequencies of related responses of normal children were…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Peer Relationship

Craig, Holly K.; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
Of 30 children with low birth weight, only 4 demonstrated clinically significant language problems at age 3. Language problems were characterized by circumscribed expressive syntax difficulties but were not related systematically to birth weight, gestational age, length of neonatal hospitalization, severity of respiratory illness, socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Etiology, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps

Paul, Rhea; Smith, Rita L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1993
Children slow in expressive language development (SELD) at age two and matched normal toddlers were reevaluated at age four. Fifty-seven percent of SELD children showed chronic deficits in expressive syntax and morphology at reevaluation. Children with chronic language delay performed more poorly on narrative skill than their normal language…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Followup Studies, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Conant, Susan; Budoff, Milton – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1986
Speech samples were elicited twice (four months apart) from a 4-year-old language delayed child. Clinical analysis involved examination of conversational turns and words, length of unit, speech act variables, amount of speech, and syntax. Although results clearly indicated an unmistakable surge in expressive language, analysis did not explain the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition

Siegel, Linda S.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1985
Examines the impact of specific language delay (LD) on peer interaction in preschool children. Interaction between three groups of dyads (normals and normals; normals and LD children; and between LD children) were studied. Normal children were more likely to initiate interaction with non-responsive partners and to dominate the interaction.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Expressive Language, Interpersonal Competence, Language Acquisition

Connell, Phil J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1986
Comparison of production and comprehension methods in teaching six 3-year-old language disordered children the relationship between semantic role and word order indicated the production method (the children produced sentences contrasting word order and meaning) was more effective than the comprehension method (the children responded to contrasting…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps

Whitehurst, Grover J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
This study assessed the family history of speech, language, and school problems in 62 young children (mean age 28 months) with developmental expressive language delay (ELD). Comparison with normally developing children indicated no strong familial component of ELD. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Family Characteristics

Gravel, Judith S.; Wallace, Ina F. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
Examination of 23 4-year-old children classified otitis media negative or positive during their first year of life indicated that otitis positive children required a more advantageous signal-to-competition ratio for sentence intelligibility, compared to otitis-negative peers. No intergroup differences were found in receptive or expressive language…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Cognitive Ability, Expressive Language
RAPH, JANE BEASLEY – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR OBTAINING AND ANALYZING CONTINUOUS EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE SAMPLES USED BY PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WHEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. IT ALSO WAS TO CONSIDER MEANS FOR ANALYZING THESE SAMPLES THAT WOULD YIELD CERTAIN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS. FOUR INVESTIGATORS WERE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Patterns
Bromwich, Rose M. – 1967
A modified approach to the development of verbal expression in young children is proposed as an alternative to either the prescriptive-instructional method or the developmental viewpoint which relies on self-initiated learning. The Bereiter-Engelmann method, the method based on operant conditioning, and the Montessori method are representative of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Youth