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  2. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    There is no point in presenting exotic vocabulary until students have mastered basic, high-frequency words. Learners should be tested on high-frequency word lists for passive knowledge, active production and listening comprehension. Learners cannot comprehend or speak at a high level without these words as a foundation.

  3. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    In schools, students with special needs were placed in regular classrooms rather than segregated settings, which led to an increased use of AAC as a means of improving student participation in class. [173] Interventions became more collaborative and naturalistic, taking place in the classroom with the teacher, rather than in a therapy room.

  4. Dysarthria - Wikipedia

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    Dysarthria is a speech sound disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor–speech system [1] and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes. [2] It is a condition in which problems effectively occur with the muscles that help produce speech, often making it very difficult to pronounce words.

  5. Communication disorder - Wikipedia

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    dysarthria - a condition that occurs when problems with the muscles that helps a person to talk make it difficult to pronounce words. [25] esophageal voice - involves the patient injecting or swallowing air into the esophagus. Usually learnt and used by patients who cannot use their larynges to speak.

  6. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/Word list - Top 1000 words

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  7. Word list - Wikipedia

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    A word list is a list of words in a lexicon, generally sorted by frequency of occurrence (either by graded levels, or as a ranked list). A word list is compiled by lexical frequency analysis within a given text corpus , and is used in corpus linguistics to investigate genealogies and evolution of languages and texts.

  8. Speech disorder - Wikipedia

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    Dysarthria is a weakness or paralysis of speech muscles caused by damage to the nerves or brain. Dysarthria is often caused by strokes, Parkinson's disease, [9] ALS, head or neck injuries, surgical accident, or cerebral palsy. Aphasia; Dysprosody is an extremely rare neurological speech disorder. It is characterized by alterations in intensity ...

  9. Dysprosody - Wikipedia

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    The most common types of dysprosody are associated with dysarthria and developmental coordination disorder, which affect motor processing in speech. Among the most studied types are: Flaccid dysarthria is characterized by little control over pitch and voice volume, reduced speech rate, and impaired voice quality