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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Differentiating language difference from disability in special education eligibility assessment of English language learners /

Mack, Julie A. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66).
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Effectiveness of story enactments versus art projects in facilitating preschool children's story comprehension /

Johnson, Jennifer Ann, January 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).
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Development of a Mandarin expressive and receptive vocabulary test for children using cochlear implants

Lu, Xiaopan, 吕小攀 January 2012 (has links)
Cochlear implants provide children who have profound hearing loss access to sounds and improve their speech perception, speech production and language skills. Outcomes on language development are useful for counseling and in planning habilitation programs. However, such research in mainland China is scarce due to a lack of standardized language measurement materials. This study aims at developing a vocabulary measurement named the Mandarin Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Test (MERVT) for Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants. In Phase 1, items were selected from the existing vocabulary tests, corpus, story books and TV programs that were suitable for children with normal hearing aged 1 year and 6 months to 3 years and 11 months. These items were rated for age-appropriateness by kindergarten teachers. Based on the teachers’ ratings, 200 words were selected to form the initial vocabulary test. In Phase 2, responses from 102 normal-hearing preschool children were used for item analysis and identifying items with appropriate difficulty and discriminatory ability. Finally, 161 items with difficulty from 0.15 to 0.85 and discrimination greater than 0.25 were kept and ranked in an order of ascending difficulty to form the final test. In Phase 3, 245 normal-hearing children aged 1 year and 6 months to 3 years and 11 months were recruited to establish norms and evaluate psychometric properties of the test. In the last phase, 29 children with cochlear implants were recruited in the study to evaluate the validity of the MERVT for measuring the vocabulary development of children with cochlear implants. The results of the 245 normal-hearing children show that there is good internal consistency among items in both the expressive and receptive subtests (α = .83-.97). Item selection from language materials for Mandarin-speaking preschool children, the ratings by kindergarten teachers and item analysis based on the responses of target children provided evidence of content validity. Significant relationships between the MERVT and the Gesell Developmental Scale (rs = .37-.60, all ps<.05), significant correlations between subtest scores and the total score (rs = .95-.97, all ps<.01), and the gradual increase in mean subtest scores with age provided evidence of construct validity. When the MERVT was administered on a group of children with cochlear implants, significant correlation between scores on the MERVT and the parents’ report—the Chinese version of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (CCDI)—(rs = .58-.70, all ps<.05), provided convergent evidence of the construct validity of the MERVT. The growth of the MERVT scores with the increased duration of cochlear implant use and chronological age offered additional evidence of the construct validity. In conclusion, with good reliability and strong validity, the MERVT could be used for evaluating vocabulary development in young children. The test has also been proven to be a valid tool for measuring and monitoring the vocabulary development of children with cochlear implants. In addition, the MERVT and the CCDI can be used together in a hierarchical set of battery tests for measuring the vocabulary development of children with cochlear implants based on the age equivalents. / published_or_final_version / Speech and Hearing Sciences / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Phonological awareness skills of six-year-old children with mild and moderate articulation disorders

Gernand, Keri Leigh, Moran, Michael J., January 2006 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.
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Phrase-final syllable lengthening and intonation in early child speech /

Snow, David P. January 1992 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1992. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [143]-149).
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The role of prosody and syntactic markers in children's comprehension of spoken sentences.

Lahey, Margaret. January 1972 (has links)
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Lois Bloom. Dissertation Committee: Seymour Rigrodsky. Includes bibliographical references.
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The acquisition of the phonological system of a second dialect

Payne, Arvilla Chapin, January 1976 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1976. / Includes index. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor : University Microfilms International, 1980. -- 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 271-287).
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A beautiful day in the neighborhood the influence of neighborhood density on speech production /

Freedman, Skott Elliot. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed January 12, 2010). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169).
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Acquisition of negation in a Mandarin-speaking child /

Lee, Hun-tak, Thomas. January 1981 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.
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An evaluation of parental-based intervention with pre-school language-delayed children

Gibbard, Deborah Jayne January 1992 (has links)
No description available.

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