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Overcoming Reading Comprehension Difficulties through a Prosodic Reading Intervention: A Single-Case Study
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Calet, Nuria; Pérez-Morenilla, M. Carmen; De los Santos-Roig, Macarena – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2019
Apart from speed and accuracy, prosody has recently been included as another component of skilled reading, as its role in reading comprehension is being increasingly recognized. Prosodic reading refers to the use of prosodic features of language during reading, including suitable pauses, stress and intonation and appropriate phrasing. The aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading Difficulties
'Another Tool in My Toolbox': Training School Teaching Assistants to Use Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing with Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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Lim, Jacqueline; McCabe, Patricia; Purcell, Alison – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2019
This study explored the feasibility of training school teaching assistants to provide the treatment, Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing to treat childhood apraxia of speech (CAS, also known as developmental verbal dyspraxia). The study used a single case experimental design across behaviours and a qualitative evaluation of teaching assistant…
Descriptors: Tactual Perception, Cues, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
Phonological and Grammatical Production in Children with Developmental Language Disorder and Children with Hearing Impairment
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Sundström, Simon; Löfkvist, Ulrika; Lyxell, Björn; Samuelsson, Christina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
Children with hearing impairment (HI) are at an increased risk of developing speech and language problems similar to those of children with developmental language disorder (DLD), including difficulties with phonology and grammar. This study investigated similarities and differences in phonological and grammatical production between children with…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Impairments, Syntax, Task Analysis
How Do Children with Phonological Impairment Respond to Requests for Clarification Containing Polysyllables?
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Masso, Sarah; McCabe, Patricia; Baker, Elise – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
Accurate production of polysyllables (words of three or more syllables) can be challenging for children with phonological impairment. Research with typically developing children has suggested that children can improve their polysyllable productions in response to requests for clarification containing an incorrect model of a target word (Gozzard et…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Impairments, Phonology, Syllables
Using Conversation Analysis to Study Prosodic Problems in a Child with Language Impairment
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Samuelsson, Christina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
Prosody carries a lot of information relevant for our understanding of spoken messages. In addition, prosody plays an important role in signalling attitudes and emotions. Prosodic features also constitute an important resource that participants use to achieve mutual understanding in interaction. The aim of this study was to point to possible…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Impairments, Testing, Language Tests
On the Relationship between Prosody and Pragmatic Ability in Swedish Children with Language Impairment
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Samuelsson, Christina; Nettelbladt, Ulrika; Lofqvist, Anders – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2005
A previous study has shown that Swedish children with language impairment have prosodic problems at different levels of language. The aim of this study is to investigate prosodic problems at the discourse level in two of the children to see whether they are related to pragmatic problems. Prosodic and pragmatic abilities were assessed by perceptual…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Suprasegmentals, Children, Pragmatics