Language Use In Normal And Learning Disabled Children

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Alma Watson Davis (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Janice Gray

Abstract: The language use of 30 normal and 30 learning disabled subjects matched on the basis of chronological age, 7-6 to 9-6, and sex, was compared using the Assessment of Communication in Everyday Situations (ACES). This instrument contains a series of structured role-playing episodes designed to elicit language use strategies from children. ACES is based on a functional taxonomy of language use and contains 36 strategies representative of two functions and seven uses of language regarded important to academic success. The social function consists of the self-maintaining and directing uses of language. While the reporting, logical reasoning, predicting, projecting and imagining comprise the representative (cognitive) function.

Additional Information

Publication
Thesis
Davis, A. (1982). Language Use In Normal And Learning Disabled Children. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 1982
Keywords
learning disabilities, learning disabled children, Assessment of Communication in Everyday Situations (ACES), language, communication disorders

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