This longitudinal study compared the development of oral language and more specifically narrative skills (storytelling and story retelling) in children with specific language impairment (SLI) with and without literacy delay. Therefore, 18 children with SLI and 18 matched controls with normal literacy were followed from the last year of kindergarten (mean age=5 years 5 months) until the beginnin...

drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. there are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. the objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single screening tool. a cross- sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in qazvin province, iran. based on the proportional-to-size method, partici...

Self-assessment and peer-assessment have been appraised in a large number of studies, aiming at investigating their effectiveness in different contexts. However, the challenges of implementing self-assessment and peer-assessment have been investigated rather sporadically. Given that, the purpose of this study was to explore the challenges and probable solutions of implementing self-assessment a...

It is widely acknowledged that language competence is central to educational success, primarily because literacy is inherently a language-based activity. Vocabulary knowledge specifically plays an important role in the acquisition of reading comprehension skills. Language in education practice in South Africa is currently highly controversial, as the implementation of home language or bilingual...

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2001) recently asserted that speech-language pathologists can and should play an important role in promoting literacy for young children with communicative impairments. Early literacy screening provides a valuable tool for speech-language pathologists to use for the timely detection of difficulties in literacy achievement. In addition, results o...

The purpose of this study is to find out the language assessment literacy (LAL) teachers who teach English at state elementary, middle, and high schools in Turkey. 101 working various cities participated study. A mixed-methods research design was employed study, so data were collected through both quantitative (questionnaires) qualitative (interviews) instruments. for part by means “Teachers Qu...

The importance of the preschool period for becoming a skilled reader is highlighted by a significant body of evidence that preschool children's development in the areas of oral language, phonological awareness, and print knowledge is predictive of how well they will learn to read once they are exposed to formal reading instruction in elementary school. Although there are now a number of empiric...