Socio-economic status and language acquisition: Children's performance on the new Reynell Developmental Language Scales

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-143

  Letts, Carolyn ^a   Edwards, Susan ^b   Sinka, Indra ^c   Schaefer, Blanca ^d   Gibbons, Wendy ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

language acquisition; socio economic status; standardized testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATCHFUL WAITING; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84874861520     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12004     Document Type: Article

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