Narration Abilities of Children with Language-Learning Disabilities in Response to Oral and Written Stimuli

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 308-319

  Wright, Heather Harris ^a,c   Newhoff, Marilyn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferencing; Language learning disability; Narration; Story retelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035640074     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2001/027)     Document Type: Article

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