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    Another study by Tincani, Crozier, and Alazetta (2006) looked at the effects of PECS on manding and speech development for school-aged children. The study had two different parts, the first study involved two children with ASD, and the study wanted to increase the amount of independent manding, displayed when a child exchanges a picture symbol for an object without prompting. The researchers followed the PECS guidelines in a delayed multiple baseline design study, where participant one was taught

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    that language is a primary differentiating factor between humans and other animals. While the unique structure of the human vocal tract does not allow for other animals to replicate our language in an auditory manner, recent studies have shown that species in the family Pongidae, also known as the “great apes,” are capable of using language in a visual way. Some researchers are trying to show that species such as gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans are able to learn sign language and use

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    her community, Mala abandons the conventions of language and separates herself from the people who use language as a tool of violence and slander. Mala adopts a method of communication centered around mimicking the sounds of her only companions: singing birds, chirping crickets, among other sounds present in her natural surroundings. With the implementation of vivid insect drawings on the novel's pages and the repetition of nature similes in the language, Mala's true story is finally revealed and brought

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    Poetry (means something made or created) is an art form in which the human language is additionally used for its aesthetic qualities, or instead of its fictional and semantic content. It consists essentially of oral or literary works, in which language is used, so that its users and the audience feel that they differ from the ordinary prose. It may use condensed or compressed form to convey emotion or ideas to the reader's or listener's mind or ear; it may also use devices such as assonance and repetition

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    Delays in communication impacts a child's social and intellectual development and for that reason early intervention is crucial. Where social perspective is concerned, a speech, language and communication disorder or delay can lead to much distress, giving a knock on affect to other areas in life. Most children have a tendency to be fairly self-interested and impatient with the individuals who they do not comprehend or the individuals who do not comprehend them. A child with communication issues

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    Christina Rossetti uses a lyrical style to create an effect that makes the reader feel young in order to convey life from a child’s perspective. In order to create this effect and a lyrical style, Christina Rossetti uses simple language and whimsical structure in her poem. The language being used in the poem “Mix a Pancake” is simple and has techniques to it such as word choice and formality. My first piece of evidence is throughout the poem and it is the first words of every line, “Mix, stir, pop,fry,

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    experience of the individual. Language comes in various definitions and is defined by Lyons (1981) as a conventional symbol system, an object, and “a cognitive phenomenon” (Clark, 1996), a social process. Language comes in two modalities, speech, social, and writing, object and is made of seven functions which are shown through personal, regulatory, interactional, imaginative, representational, heuristic and instrumental dialogue (Halliday, 1975). The study of language can be voiced as an object to

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    and titles them five love languages. It is important to identify how we love, because it can allow us to have a happier life and make other people’s lives better. It is especially important to identify the love languages of the children which we encounter, because it can shape their identity either for the better or worse. There are five major love languages that can be identified and can pretty much sum up the best ways we can express our love. The five love languages are touch, words of affirmation

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    In this fun strategy, students use a “phone,” (usually a rounded piece of plastic, like a PVC pipe) to hear themselves. It is effective for building fluency, since students can focus on their speaking. Additionally, they help to keep students focused on instruction. Students monitor their own reading and the classroom is usually quiet because students are encouraged to whisper (hence the name) so that all students can hear themselves (Cadieux, 2012). This strategy is a simple one: practice. The

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    The connection between bilingualism and cognitive functioning has been greatly studied in the field of psychology. It is believed that people who speak more than one language have enhanced cognitive abilities, compared to monolinguals, which put them at an exceptional level of being communicatively and perceptually successful in life. However, in order to study such abilities that bilingual individuals might have in greater depth it is important to look at development specifically and where it all

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