TY - JOUR
T1 - Grammar intervention
T2 - Content and procedures for facilitating children's language development
AU - Eisenberg, Sarita L.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Children with language impairment (LI) show an overall immaturity in grammatical structure. This includes difficulties with basic sentence constituents, pronouns, verb form elaboration, negative and interrogative sentences, noun phrase elaboration, and complex sentences. This article describes explicit instruction and scaffolding strategies, based on a review of current research, that can be used to expand the range of grammatical structures produced by children with LI. A plan for combining explicit instruction drills and use of scaffolding within embedded therapy activities is suggested. Research is needed to test the efficacy of this recommended approach.
AB - Children with language impairment (LI) show an overall immaturity in grammatical structure. This includes difficulties with basic sentence constituents, pronouns, verb form elaboration, negative and interrogative sentences, noun phrase elaboration, and complex sentences. This article describes explicit instruction and scaffolding strategies, based on a review of current research, that can be used to expand the range of grammatical structures produced by children with LI. A plan for combining explicit instruction drills and use of scaffolding within embedded therapy activities is suggested. Research is needed to test the efficacy of this recommended approach.
KW - child language
KW - language therapy
KW - syntax
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877065323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/TLD.0b013e31828ef28e
DO - 10.1097/TLD.0b013e31828ef28e
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877065323
SN - 0271-8294
VL - 33
SP - 165
EP - 178
JO - Topics in Language Disorders
JF - Topics in Language Disorders
IS - 2
ER -