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Koizumi, Manami; Kojima, Michio – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background and aims: Previous studies suggest that syntactic development in children with intellectual disabilities (ID) is positively correlated with verbal short-term memory (VSTM). This study investigated the characteristics of syntactic development and their relationships of VSTM in children with ID based on type. Methods: The participants…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Syntax, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome
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Butler, Yuko Goto; Sakurai, Chiho – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
One of the challenges of developing assessments for young language learners is the shortage of evidence-based information about such assessments for languages other than English. In light of this situation, this paper discusses the development of an assessment for young languages learners in the context of Japanese as a second language (JSL). In…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity, Formative Evaluation
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Mizuno, Kei; Tanaka, Masaaki; Tanabe, Hiroki C.; Sadato, Norihiro; Watanabe, Yasuyoshi – Neuropsychologia, 2012
The kana pick-out test has been widely used in Japan to evaluate the ability to divide attention in both adult and pediatric patients. However, the neural substrates underlying the ability to divide attention using the kana pick-out test, which requires participants to pick out individual letters (vowels) in a story while also reading for…
Descriptors: Sentences, Patients, Foreign Countries, Brain
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Fernandes, Fernanda, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2017
Speech-language pathology has different practice and research histories, standards, methods, and challenges in different countries and regions. Awareness of these different realities may contribute to the scientific development of the field and improve the services delivered to different populations. Sharing solutions to similar problems in…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Evaluation, Aphasia
Blasky, Andrew, Ed.; And Others – Cross Currents, 1984
This issue of the biannual journal of the Language Institute of Japan contains, in addition to book reviews, conference listings, and other announcements, these articles: "Teaching Literature with Cognitive Counseling" (Wayne Pounds); "Extending the Scope of ESL Software for Advanced Students" (Hiroko Wagner);…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Children, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)