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Direct linkHilviu, Dize; Frau, Federico; Bosco, Francesca M.; Marini, Andrea; Gabbatore, Ilaria – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting social and communicative skills, including narrative ability, namely the description of real-life or fictive accounts of temporally and causally related events. With this study, we aimed to determine whether a communicative-pragmatic training, i.e., the version for…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Communication Skills, Narration, Discourse Analysis
Lucía de Hoyos; Ellen Verhoef; Aysu Okbay; Janne R. Vermeulen; Celeste Figaroa; Miriam Lense; Simon E. Fisher; Reyna L. Gordon; Beate St Pourcain – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Early-life abilities involved in perceiving, producing and engaging with music (musicality) may shape later (social) communication and language abilities. Here, we investigate phenotypic and genetic relationships linking musicality and communication abilities by studying information from preschool and school-aged children of the Avon Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Music Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Communication Skills
Zibin, Aseel; Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib; Suleiman, Dima; Al Abdallat, Bassam – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Numerous studies suggest that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) encounter language problems related to syntax. In particular, these children face difficulties in comprehending and answering complex language structures in Arabic. This paper examines whether a prototype Arabic assistive application can have an impact on the ability of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Syntax
Tiantian Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Background: Accurate and meaningful assessment of language and communication skills to monitor child progress is the cornerstone to appropriate intervention for children with complex communication needs (CCN; Brady et al., 2016; Rowland et al., 2012). Despite this need, there is a lack of high quality and validated measurement of young children…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Language Skills, Communication Skills, Young Children
Sanchez, Katherine; Spittle, Alicia J.; Boyce, Jessica O.; Leembruggen, Linda; Mantelos, Anastasia; Mills, Stephanie; Mitchell, Naomi; Neil, Emily; St John, Miya; Treloar, Jasmin; Morgan, Angela T. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Language difficulties are prevalent among children born preterm. Existing studies have largely used standardized language tests, providing limited scope for detailed descriptive examination of preterm language. This study aimed to examine differences in conversational language between children born < 30 weeks and at term as well as…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Premature Infants, Communication Problems, Morphemes
Dadgar, Hooshang; Bakhtiyari, Jalal; Khatoonabadi, Ahmad Reza – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study investigated the communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (H. M. Geurts & M. Embrechts), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Hilde M Geurts & Mariëtte Embrechts), and learning disability (H. M. Geurts & M. Embrechts) using the Children Communication Checklist to identify any commonalities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Children, Autism
Download full textQadi, Ahmad Hatim – English Language Teaching, 2021
The current study seeks to probe the use of refusal strategies and their frequency among Saudi EFL students of Bachelor of Science (BS) at Moon University (pseudonym), Saudi Arabia. Through a convenient sampling procedure, 20 students were selected, and Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was administered. This test comprised 12 situations eliciting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
LeGrand, Kaya J.; Wisman Weil, Lisa; Lord, Catherine; Luyster, Rhiannon J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Several studies have reported that "useful speech" at 5 years of age predicts outcomes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but this skill has been vaguely defined. This study investigates which specific aspects of expressive language in children with ASD best predict adult language and communication outcomes.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Expressive Language, Adults
Karaman, Fatma – Online Submission, 2020
The aim of grammar teaching in foreign language learning process is to teach the foreign language itself rather than the formal features of the language by ensuring the use of target language. However, German grammar courses in Turkey provide intensive training on grammar subjects. The textbooks also contain a very detailed list of grammatical…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mosher, Fritz; Heritage, Margaret – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2017
This report grew out of an effort by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education's (CPRE's) Center on Continual Instructional Improvement (CCII) to extend its evaluation of the usefulness of the concept of "Learning Progressions" for the fields of mathematics and science education, to include literacy teaching and learning. Herein,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Learning Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Gregory, Kyomi D.; Oetting, Janna B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: We compared teacher ratings as measured by the Teacher Rating of Oral Language and Literacy (TROLL; Dickinson, McCabe, & Sprague, 2001, 2003) and Children's Communication Checklist-Second Edition (CCC-2; Bishop, 2006) to 2 established screeners, the Part II of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test (DELV-ST-II;…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Oral Language, Literacy, Communication Skills
Zampini, Laura; Draghi, Lara; Silibello, Gaia; Dall'Ara, Francesca; Rigamonti, Claudia; Suttora, Chiara; Zanchi, Paola; Salerni, Nicoletta; Lalatta, Faustina; Vizziello, Paola – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Children with sex chromosome trisomies (SCT) frequently show problems in language development. However, a clear description of the communicative patterns of these children is still lacking. Aims: To describe the first stages of language development in children with SCT in comparison with those in typically developing (TD) children. The…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Play
Sennott, Samuel C.; Light, Janice C.; McNaughton, David – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
A systematic review of research on the effects of interventions that include communication partner modeling of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on the language acquisition of individuals with complex communication needs was conducted. Included studies incorporated AAC modeling as a primary component of the intervention,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Language Acquisition, Literature Reviews, Case Studies
Kosanovich, Marcia; Phillips, Beth; Willis, Karli – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2020
Children entering kindergarten and grade 1 vary greatly in their emergent literacy skills. Because preschool teachers can help set the foundation of literacy skills related to school readiness, one way to address those gaps is to build teachers' capacity to apply evidence-based strategies in their language and literacy instruction.…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Teachers, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods
Alfieri, P.; Menghini, D.; Marotta, L.; De Peppo, L.; Ravà, L.; Salvaguardia, F.; Varuzza, C.; Vicari, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) show a disharmonic linguistic profile with a clear pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Despite their sociable nature, atypical socio-communicative abilities and deficits in communication and relationship with others have been found. Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Genetic Disorders, Language Skills, Interpersonal Communication
