The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged Grade 3 learners
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2007
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Abstract
A strong correlation between early language impairment and academic failure has been suggested by past research. This follow-up cohort study of 25 monolingual, disadvantaged grade 3 learners investigated whether the language impairments diagnosed in their preschool year were still evident after 3 years of school attendance, maturation and speech-language therapy. The results verified the persistence of preschool language impairments, which have been associated with poor reading and academic failure.
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CITATION: Klop, D. & Tuomi, S. K. 2007. The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged Grade 3 learners. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 54(1):a756, doi:10.4102/sajcd.v54i1.756.
The original publication is available at https://sajcd.org.za
The original publication is available at https://sajcd.org.za
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Language disorders in children
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Klop, D. & Tuomi, S. K. 2007. The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged Grade 3 learners. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 54(1):a756, doi:10.4102/sajcd.v54i1.756.