Language Change Following Computer-Assisted Language Instruction with Fast ForWord or Laureate Learning Systems Software

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-247

  Gillam, Ronald B ^a   Crofford, Julee A ^a   Gale, Meghan A ^a   Hoffman, Lavae M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Fast ForWord; Intervention; Language impairment; School age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035614465     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2001/021)     Document Type: Article

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