Low Birth weight infants are at risk of many problems. Therefore their outcome must evaluate in different ages especially in school age. In this study we determined prevalence of ophthalmic, hearing, speaking and school readiness problems in children who were born low birth weight and compared them with normal birth weight children. In a cross-sectional and retrospective study, all Primary Scho...

OBJECTIVE Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a well-known comorbidity in children with epilepsy. In English-speaking countries, the scores of the original ADHD-rating scale IV are currently used as main outcomes in various clinical trials in children with epilepsy. In French-speaking countries, several French versions are in use though none has been fully validated yet. We sough...

Although the importance of vocabulary training in English speaking countries is well recognized and has been extensively studied, the same is not true for Spanish-few evidence based vocabulary studies for Spanish-speaking children have been reported. Here, two rich oral vocabulary training programs (definition and context), based on literature about vocabulary instruction for English-speaking c...

In this study, we investigated the labeling of facial expressions in French-speaking children. The participants were 137 French-speaking children, between the ages of 5 and 11 years, recruited from three elementary schools in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The facial expressions included expressions of happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger, and disgust. Participants were shown one facial expressi...

s | 31 yearly family income were included as covariates in model 1 and the child’s IQ was added as a covariate in model 2. Results: Children who were breastfed had higher listening (p = 0.048), speaking (p < 0.001), reading (p = 0.002), writing (p = 0.002), spelling (p = 0.001), mathematical calculation (p = 0.002), and learning quotient (p < 0.001) scores in the LDES in model 1. When a...

In this paper we describe an innovative approach to promoting effective classroom-based group work and the development of children’s speaking and listening at Key Stage 1. This approach, known as Thinking Together, was initially developed for use with Key Stage 2 children. The work reported here explains how this approach has now been applied to the teaching of speaking and listening at Key Sta...

In this paper, we describe an innovative approach to promoting effective classroom-based groupwork and the development of children’s speaking and listening at key stage 1. This approach, known as Thinking Together, was initially developed for use with key stage 2 children. The work reported here explains how this approach has now been applied to the teaching of speaking and listening at key sta...

this study intended to develop a model describing speaking strategies for efl learners by taking into account the effects of learners’ gender and proficiency on the application of strategies. accordingly, this study was planned to have two main analyses, namely qualitative and quantitative. in this respect, 30 efl learners' viewpoints were sought, and then, based on the elicited responses, a 21...

Children with hearing impairment have difficulty conveying what they want to express by speaking because of speech and language development barriers, so can only it through in a minimal voice. This study aims determine the effect using role playing improve articulation ability children impairment, on grounds that conversations friends during their expressive skills (articulation communicate). R...

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. 2 Abstract This study analyses the scaling and alignment of low and high intonational targets in the speech of 27 children-nine English-speaking, nine Cata...