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Sentence Repetition Is a Measure of Children's Language Skills Rather than Working Memory Limitations
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Klem, Marianne; Melby-Lervåg, Monica; Hagtvet, Bente; Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric; Hulme, Charles – Developmental Science, 2015
Sentence repetition tasks are widely used in the diagnosis and assessment of children with language difficulties. This paper seeks to clarify the nature of sentence repetition tasks and their relationship to other language skills. We present the results from a 2-year longitudinal study of 216 children. Children were assessed on measures of…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Short Term Memory, Repetition, Sentences
A Systematic Meta-Analytic Review of Evidence for the Effectiveness of the "Fast ForWord" Language Intervention Program
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Strong, Gemma K.; Torgerson, Carole J.; Torgerson, David; Hulme, Charles – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Fast ForWord is a suite of computer-based language intervention programs designed to improve children's reading and oral language skills. The programs are based on the hypothesis that oral language difficulties often arise from a rapid auditory temporal processing deficit that compromises the development of phonological…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Intervention