Teaching speech and language therapists in Sri Lanka: Issues in curriculum, culture and language

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 314-321

  Wickenden, Mary ^a   Hartley, Sally ^a   Kariyakaranawa, Sunil ^b   Kodikara, Somadasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clinical linguistics; Communication disability; Speech and language therapy; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPIST; SPEECH THERAPY; SRI LANKA; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; TEACHING;

EID: 0142218835     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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