When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Language acquisition by deaf children - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition_by...

    [26] [29] [30] [31] Acquisition of a signed language like American Sign Language (ASL) from birth is rare from a language acquisition perspective as only 5-10% of deaf children are born to deaf, signing parents in the United States.

  3. Reading - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading

    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  4. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition

    Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language.In other words, it is how human beings gain the ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.

  5. Models of communication - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models_of_communication

    An influential expansion of Newcomb's model is due to Westley and MacLean. They introduce the idea of asymmetry of information: the sender (A) is aware of several topics (X 1 to X 3) and has to compose the message (X') to communicate to the receiver (B). B's direct perception is limited to only a few of these topics (X 1 B).

  6. Language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language

    People with a lesion in this area of the brain develop receptive aphasia, a condition in which there is a major impairment of language comprehension, while speech retains a natural-sounding rhythm and a relatively normal sentence structure. The second area is Broca's area, in the posterior inferior frontal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere.

  7. Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_Technology_for...

    Studies published in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education emphasize its importance in enhancing comprehension and engagement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Most devices either provide amplified sound or alternate ways to access information through vision and/or vibration.

  8. Readability - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readability

    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  9. Speech and language impairment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_and_language_impairment

    [1] A language impairment is a specific deficiency in understanding and sharing thoughts and ideas, i.e. a disorder that involves the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve the form of language, including grammar, morphology, syntax; and the functional aspects of language, including semantics and ...