BACKGROUND High order cognitive processing and learning, such as reading, interact with lower-level sensory processing and learning. Previous studies have reported that visual perceptual training enlarges visual span and, consequently, improves reading speed in young and old people with amblyopia. Recently, a visual perceptual training study in Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia found that...

Research has shown that children with cochlear implants (CI) use the same phonological processes as normally hearing (NH) peers with respect to consonant cluster development. However, the incidence of those phonological processes has not been examined in the literature thus far. Furthermore, a quantified comparison between both groups of children is missing in the literature, as well as studies...

We developed a neuropsychological battery for assessment of cognitive processes that was standardized in 150 neurologically intact subjects from different socioeducational levels in Mexico City (Ostrosky et al., 1985, 1986). The present study was designed to explore the capacity of this neuropsychological battery to discriminate a brain-injured population from a normal one. Thirty-four patients...

Preliminary research for innovative assessments valid for both African American English- and Mainstream American English-speaking children suggested a process consisting of two separate tests: (1) a screening test, and (2) a comprehensive test of Syntax, Pragmatics, Semantics, and Phonology. Language probes were designed to accomplish the functions of dialect identification, using highly contra...

This collaborative classroom action research described the use of storytelling in teaching English speaking. The subjects were 13 junior high school students at SMP Laboratorium STKIP Jambi, Indonesia. qualitative data consisted field notes, students’ diaries, photographs, and videos learning process collected through observations analyzed descriptively. quantitative students' scores their spea...

The rapid growth of the Spanish-speaking population of the United States presents challenges for healthcare providers to develop linguisticallyand culturallyappropriate best practices. An essential need for all audiologists is language-appropriate stimuli for speech recognition testing. Unfortunately, few well-validated tests exist for this purpose. We review the timeline of development of Span...

This study investigated the relationship between language anxiety and English speaking performance among Taiwanese college students. The participants were 59 students attending a one-semester course entitled Speaking Communication at university in central Taiwan. They underwent computer-based oral proficiency tests completed Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. Data analyzed using descript...

This research was an experimental research. aimed to find out the improvement of students’ speaking skills with a objective; Students’ Speaking Skills by using visual aids in Second Year Students English Education Department State Islamic University Alauddin Makassar. The that researcher used this were pictures and videos. conducted at Makassar second-year students. In research, population 101 ...

Recent years have seen a growing interest in neuropsychological assessment throughout the world. In countries with no history of neuropsychological research, clinicians often use existing tests developed in other countries with a long tradition in neuropsychological research and practice. While verbal tests were viewed as vulnerable to cultural and/or language bias, visuoperceptual tasks were o...