The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience significant difficulty with inferential comprehension, a skill which is essential for effective communication and reading comprehension. The first study created a profile of the language and cognitive skills which significantly contribut...
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2017
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| author | Dawes, Emily Catherine |
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| description | Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience significant difficulty with inferential comprehension, a skill which is essential for effective communication and reading comprehension. The first study created a profile of the language and cognitive skills which significantly contribute to oral inferential comprehension in 5 to 6 year old children with DLD. The second study was a randomised controlled trial of a novel inferential comprehension intervention which was effective at improving the skill in this population. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-565282017-10-04T02:13:31Z The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder Dawes, Emily Catherine Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience significant difficulty with inferential comprehension, a skill which is essential for effective communication and reading comprehension. The first study created a profile of the language and cognitive skills which significantly contribute to oral inferential comprehension in 5 to 6 year old children with DLD. The second study was a randomised controlled trial of a novel inferential comprehension intervention which was effective at improving the skill in this population. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56528 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Dawes, Emily Catherine The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title | The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_full | The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_fullStr | The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_short | The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| title_sort | hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56528 |