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Rapid Automatized Naming and Immediate Memory Functions in Chinese Children Who Read English as a Second Language
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Ding, Yi; Guo, Jian-Peng; Yang, Ling-Yan; Zhang, Dake; Ning, Huan; Richman, Lynn C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
This study examined reading performance of 102 Chinese Mandarin-speaking 4th graders in their second language (L2, English) as a function of performance in their first language (L1, Chinese). The results revealed that for Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Rapid Alternating Stimulus (RAS) measures, the mean naming time decreased monotonically in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Naming, Memory
Hemisphere-Specific Treatment of Dyslexia Subtypes: A Field Experiment.
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Bakker, Dirk J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Twenty-eight L-dyslexic and 26 P-dyslexic children (mean age of 9-10) received hemisphere-specific stimulation (HSS) by presentation of words to right and left fingers, respectively. Relative to controls, HSS-treated L-dyslexic subjects showed larger improvement of accuracy in text reading, whereas HSS-treated P-dyslexic subjects showed more…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Intervention
Auditory-Vocal Activation: A Tool for Teaching Children with a Specific Language Disability
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Kaliski, Lotte – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Metaphoric Competence in Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Lee, Rene Friemoth; Kamhi, Alan G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Twelve learning-disabled (LD) children (ages 9-11) with language impairments performed more poorly on 3 verbal metaphor tasks and a visual metaphor task than 12 LD children without language impairments, who, in turn, performed more poorly than 12 nondisabled children on all but the visual task. Context variations had no effect on performance.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Effect, Language Handicaps, Language Skills
Review of a Test for Communicative Behaviors
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Lamberts, Frances – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Reviewed is the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development, a test intended to provide speech and language pathologists information on early communicative behaviors. (BD)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Communication Skills, Diagnostic Tests, Language Skills
A Comparison of Three Methods of Reading-while-Listening.
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van Bon, Wim H. J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This study of 36 backward readers (mean age=111 months) from the Netherlands determined that repeated reading-while-listening of the same text did not lead to better results (except in reading speed) than reading different texts, and asking readers to detect mismatches between written and spoken texts did not improve performance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Error Correction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness