Reading acquisition, AAC and the transferability of English research to languages with more consistent or transparent orthographies

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-190

  Erickson, Karen ^a   Sachse, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Literacy; Models; Reading

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; EUROPEAN LANGUAGES; FINNISH; LITERACY; READING;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; READING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; READING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 77957597230     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.505606     Document Type: Article

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