ERIC Number: EJ1261300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-1461
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The Importance of Speech-Language Pathologists' Explicit Knowledge of Morphology
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v51 n3 p561-571 Jul 2020
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with students with specific language impairment and specific learning disorder who are known to have deficits in morphological knowledge and morphological awareness. Thus, it is important that SLPs have explicit knowledge of morphology to classify, elicit, and correct morphological errors to improve these students' morphological knowledge and morphological awareness. The purposes of this clinical focus article are to summarize current evidence about SLPs and other educators' explicit knowledge of language, to identify information that supports explicit knowledge of morphology, and to illustrate the use of explicit knowledge of morphology with a hypothetical case study. Method: A case-based demonstration of an SLP's use of his/her explicit knowledge of morphology to analyze a fourth-grade student's production of derivational morphemes in a spoken language sample and on a sentence completion task is presented. Results and Conclusion: The SLP's morphological analyses and summarization of the analyses are presented.
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Case Studies, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Morphemes, Sentences, Task Analysis, Language Impairments, Oral Language, Grammar, Intelligence Tests, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals
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