The effects of context on the classroom discourse skills of children with language impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Peets, Kathleen F ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Context; Language impairment; Special education; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

EID: 58449136568     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/07-0012)     Document Type: Article

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