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Speech, language, social communication, and communication assessments in Rett syndrome: A systematic review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
This systematic overview highlights communication impairment as a defining feature of Rett syndrome, with expressive language consistently affected more severely than receptive language and social ability. Across the literature, most studies rely on caregiver‐reported measures, with relatively few employing direct or objective measurements of speech ...
Lucas N. Raniolo, Ruth O. Braden, Jana von Hehn, John Christodoulou, David N. Lieberman, David J. Amor, Adam P. Vogel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Father–Child Play: What Types of Play Do Fathers Engage in With Their Daughters and Sons?

Family Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the types of play that fathers in Turkey engage in with their children aged 4–6 years and to examine whether these plays differ according to the child's gender. Background Despite the importance of fathers in child development, limited evidence exists on father–child play and gender differences in play
Hayriye Kamrak, Merve Canbeldek Erol, Ahmet Erol   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spelling impairments in Italian dyslexic children with and without a history of early language delay. Are there any differences?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
Language delay is considered a frequent antecedent of literacy problems and both may be linked to phonological impairment. However, while several studies have examined the relationship between language delay and reading impairment, relatively few have ...
Paola eAngelelli, Chiara Valeria eMarinelli, Marika eIaia, Anna ePutzolu, Filippo eGasperini, Filippo eGasperini, Daniela eBrizzolara, Daniela eBrizzolara, ANNA MARIA CHILOSI, ANNA MARIA CHILOSI   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syntactic awareness as a mediator of reading–writing relations in young Chinese L2 learners

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This longitudinal study examined the mediating role of syntactic awareness in reading–writing relations among young learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 177 students from non‐Chinese‐speaking backgrounds in Hong Kong were assessed annually from Grades 4 to 6 on word‐level literacy (character reading, spelling), sentence ...
Yu Ka Wong, Dongbo Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A Cognitive Psychometric Investigation of Word Production and Phonological Error Rates in Logopenic Progressive Aphasia. [PDF]

Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 2021
Petroi D, Walker GM, Duffy JR, Hickok GS, Josephs KA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pre‐Task Explicit Instruction, Input Modality, and Working Memory in L2 Oral Self‐Repair

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the central role of tasks in language education and ensuing research documenting how task‐related variables might affect language performance and learning, it remains unclear whether pre‐task explicit instruction, input modality, and working memory (WM) influence how learners monitor and repair grammatical structures in real‐time ...
Reza Yadollahpour, Mostafa Pourhaji, Michael Sadeghi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring English Language Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Usage When Speaking

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vocabulary forms a fundamental component of speaking ability, as it enables speakers to convey meaning accurately, fluently, and effectively. Although the relationship between vocabulary and speaking has been investigated to some extent, gaps remain in understanding the link between learners’ vocabulary knowledge and their speaking proficiency,
Junyan Guo, Martin East
wiley   +1 more source

Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon, Mandy Simons, Seth Wiener   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Word processing abilities in subjects after stroke or traumatic brain injury

Acta Clinica Croatica
Acquired language disorder is a common consequence of stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Following the logogen model, this study investigated word processing abilities of post-stroke and post-TBI patients. Within- and between-group differences in
Karolina Lice, Ana Matić Škorić, Jelena Kuvač Kraljević   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

L2 Chinese Grammatical Acquisition and Processing: A Substantive and Methodological Review

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 92 empirical studies on Chinese as a second language (CSL) in grammatical processing and development, synthesizing their substantive foci and methodological characteristics. The results reveal consistent scholarly attention to cross‐linguistic topics, with less focus on features that are distinctively
Shaohua Fang, Yi Xu, Jiani He, Jia Wang
wiley   +1 more source