Speech,languageandcommunicationforindividualswithDownsyndrome—Anoverview
SueBuckley
ChildrenwithDownsyndromeareusuallygoodcommunicators.Theyarekeentointeractsociallyrightfrominfancybuttheyhavetorelyonnon-verbalskillssuchasgestureforlongerthanotherchildrenbecausetheyusuallyexperiencesignificantspeechandlanguagedelay.Oncetheystarttotalk,theymakegooduseofthespeechandlanguageskillsthattheyhav...[
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«Neuroscienceintheserviceofsexualstereotypes|Main|MSDemoBackwash»
August06,2006
Sex-linkedlexicalbudgets
[Update7/3/2007:alistoflinkstootherrelevantpostscanbefoundhere.]
Thismorning,IspentafruitlesshourtryingtotrackdownthesourceofLouannBrizendine\'sassertionthatAwomanusesabout20,000wordsperdaywhileamanusesabout7,000.Ifoundmanysimilarassertions,withestima...[
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ThePowerofCommunication:PsychologyofWordsandLanguageRevealed
ByErinRichards|December17th200801:23PM|3comments|Print|E-
Erin
RichardsWhoeversaidthatthepenismightierthanthesworddefinitelyknewwhattheyweretalkingabout.Tohumans,wordsaremorethanameansofcommunication,theycanshapeourbeliefs,behaviors,feelingsandultimatelyouractions.Althoughswordscancoerceus,andthreaten,nothingismorepowerfultha...[
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LanguageandCommunication
Oneofthemostseriousconsequences...isthedehumanizingnegativeevaluationsweattachtopeoplewhentheyhavebeenplasteredwithadamninglabel.Becausewehaveslappedalabelonthem,weassumewehaveidentifiedtheessenceofthispersonsemanticallybranded...ThomasMerton(1948)coinedthetermself-fulfillingprophecywhichhasbecomethefocusofnumerousstudies...Thepoweroflabelstostigmatize,createself-fulfi...[
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CommunicationandtheBible
PostedonJune4,2009bymattdabbs
Communicationisnotjustwhatissaid,itisalsowhatisheard.Whatisheardisdependentonallkindsoffactors.Inface-to-faceinteractionsthatmightincludenon-verbalslikeposture,eyecontact,expression,andgesticulations.Itcanalsoincludetone,volume,andverylast…words.YouknowhowAmericansgooverseasandtalkreallyloudtoeveryonelikeitwillhelpthemunderstandwhatis...[
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LearningNewVocabularyInAForeignLanguage
Learningnewvocabularyisonechallengeinlearningasecondlanguage.Youhavealreadylearnedasubstantialamountofvocabularyinyourfirstlanguagewithoutmakingamajoreffort.Forlearningandrememberingvocabularyinyoursecondlanguage,wewouldliketosuggestthreetools.
Thefirsttoolthatyoumightfindhelpfulissimplywritingdownnewvocabularyandcreatingcohortgroups.Althoughtheexamp...[
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CriticalReadingTowardsCriticalWriting
WrittenbyDeborahKnott,NewCollegeWritingCentre
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Criticalwritingdependsoncriticalreading.Mostofthepapersyouwritewillinvolvereflectiononwrittentexts-thethinkingandresearchthathasalreadybeendoneonyoursubject.Inordertowriteyourownanalysisofthissubject,youwillneedtodocarefulcriticalreadingofsourcesandtousethemcritica...[
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DealingwithNewWords
WrittenbyMargaretProcter,WritingSupport
It\'sbestnottointerruptyourreadingprocesstolookupeveryhardwordrightawayinthedictionary.Markunfamiliarwords(withapenciledmark,notwithanythingpermanent),buttrythesetacticsformakinganeducatedguessatthemeaningasyougo.You\'llacquiresomerealunderstandingofhowwordsareusedratherthanjustlongvocabularylistsandadog-eareddictionary.(Eventuall...[
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·徐明旭·
上海和平飯店南樓是一棟維多利亞式建築,一樓餐廳金碧輝煌,堪與白金漢
宮媲美,在那裏吃飯可謂皇家待遇。
有趣的是,在巴羅克式裝璜的空隙裏懸掛的不是金框油畫,而是書法條幅。
說來也巧,我進餐的桌旁牆上的兩張字的作者剛好是我40年前的老師――高式熊、
徐伯清。
那是1961年秋天,我剛[
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ToLearnEnglish,ESLStudentsNeedRepetition
ESLInstructors,TutorsMustBewareofOnsetofTedium
©E.E.Mazier
Jul6,2009
RepetitioniscrucialforlearningEnglish,butESLtutorsandteachersmustpresenttopicsinfreshwaystopreventboredomwiththelessons.
ASuite101.comarticletitledESLClassesasHealthyOutletsforStressdiscussedthefrustrationsenduredbyimmigrantsfrommistreatmentbyEnglishspeakers.Therea...[
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