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Direct linkDodd, Barbara J.; So, Lydia K. H.; Lam, Kobe K. C. – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2008
Children first exposed to English as a second language when they start school are at risk for poor academic outcome. They perform less well than their monolingual peers, matched for socio-economic background, at the end of primary school on measures of language and literacy, despite immersion in English at school. Previous research suggests,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Phonemes, Phonological Awareness, Monolingualism
de Lemos, Marion – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2008
This paper provides information on a measure that was developed to assess children's level of development at preschool and entry to school level, as well as their readiness for formal schooling. This measure--"Who Am I?"--is based on early copying and writing skills and is designed to identify the broad stages of development that underlie…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Validity, Writing Skills, Developmental Stages
Agapitou, Paraskevi; Andreou, Georgia – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2008
The present study examined the impact of preschool ADHD on linguistic and metalinguistic awareness and mental ability. Eight subscales of the Athina Test were administered to ADHD preschoolers and a control group. Results showed that ADHD preschoolers performed significantly lower than the control group in all tasks. The greatest difficulty for…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Reading Skills, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Preschool Children
