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Articulation Rate in Preschool Children: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
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Walker, Jean F.; Archibald, Lisa M. D. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Speaking rate has implications for both clinical practice and an understanding of normal and disordered communication processes. Fundamental information on speaking rate is required by the clinician for the appropriate management of those disorders with disturbances of rate or those in which rate modification strategies are applied.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Longitudinal Studies, Articulation (Speech), Clinical Diagnosis
Development of the Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) Test to Assess Key Markers of Specific Language and Literacy Difficulties in Young Children
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Gardner, Hilary; Froud, Karen; McClelland, Alastair; van der Lely, Heather K. J. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Despite a large body of evidence regarding reliable indicators of language deficits in young children, there has not been a standardized, quick screen for language impairment. The Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) test was therefore designed as a short, reliable assessment of young children's language abilities. Aims: GAPS was…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phonology, Screening Tests, Reading Difficulties
Symbolic Functioning and Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome
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O'toole, Ciara; Chiat, Shula – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Understanding the relationship between preverbal skills and language development has important implications for identifying communication delay/disorders and for early childhood intervention. In the case of children with Down syndrome, it is well established that symbolic play is associated with the emergence of language. However, the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Disabilities, Correlation, Age Differences
Effect of Sentence Length and Complexity on Working Memory Performance in Hungarian Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI): A Cross-Linguistic Comparison
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Marton, Klara; Schwartz, Richard G.; Farkas, Lajos; Katsnelson, Valeriya – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: English-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI) perform more poorly than their typically developing peers in verbal working memory tasks where processing and storage are simultaneously required. Hungarian is a language with a relatively free word order and a rich agglutinative morphology. Aims: To examine the effect…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Linguistics, Sentences, Language Acquisition
Language Skills in 5-8-Year-Old Children with 22q11 Deletion Syndrome
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Persson, Christina; Niklasson, Lena; Oskarsdottir, Solveig; Johansson, Susanne; Jonsson, Radi; Soderpalm, Ewa – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Language impairment and delayed language onset have been described, although not investigated in detail, in children with 22q11 deletion syndrome. Aims: To investigate different areas of language: the ability to retell a narrative, phonology, syntax and receptive vocabulary in a group of 5-8-year-old children with 22q11 deletion…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Young Children, Language Skills, Pervasive Developmental Disorders