[etni] Fwd: Attention LD teachers
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From: Jenifer Byk <byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Attention LD teachers
Speech disorder and vocabulary acquisition in ESL
Dear Anybody who has information,
I am teaching a pupil with a fairly severe speech disorder. At the
age of 5 he could barely communicate, and when he was 6, he was kept
back in kindergarten. He started school at 7. He is now in third
grade, and has been learning English for three years. He has managed
to acquire very little vocabulary, and finds retrieval hard. On the
other hand, his reading is quite good, and if required to write the
first letter of a word under its picture, he usually manages, even
though he may have difficulty saying the word aloud. His intelligence
is above normal, although he is childish for his age. He gets both
speech therapy and occupational therapy
We are making slow progress, but progress, nonetheless.
My question is what is known about the relationship between speech
disorders and vocabulary acquisition in a second language. I have
trawled the internet, but haven’t been able to find practical
suggestions, or even a description of the problem. Input would be
greatly appreciated,
Jennifer Byk
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