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Summary of Research Study: Metalinguistic awareness and academic achievement: Finding correlations among high-achieving EFL learners

  The document examines the relationship between metalinguistic awareness and academic achievement among high-achieving Saudi EFL learners, highlighting differences in performance between male and female students. Article pdf Metalinguistic Awareness and Academic Achievement This study explores the correlation between metalinguistic awareness and academic performance among high-achieving Saudi EFL learners. ​ Metalinguistic awareness is the ability to reflect on and manipulate language. ​ The study involved 86 high-achieving EFL students from Saudi universities. ​ Results indicate satisfactory academic achievement in English, with a mean score of 87.67. ​ Female students outperformed male students in both academic achievement and metalinguistic awareness. ​ Research Purpose and Design The research aims to assess the relationship between academic achievement and metalinguistic awareness among Saudi EFL learners. ​ The study specifically describes academic achievement, me...

Metalinguistics and Word Class Impact on Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension

Gemm Learning: Why Metalinguistic Awareness Matters Gemm Learning: The 7 Essential Steps To Reading Proficiency How Executive Dysfunction Limits Reading Proficiency Automaticity, The Unexpected Secret to Reading Mastery Improving Reading Comprehension Metalinguistic awareness improves reading proficiency by  enabling individuals to think about and manipulate language, which helps them analyze and understand its structure, meaning, and rules . This skill improves decoding, fluency, and comprehension by allowing for better phonological, morphological, and orthographic awareness, which are foundational to reading skills. For example, being able to separate the sounds of a word from its meaning (phonological awareness) makes it easier to decode and blend sounds to read words accurately.   How metalinguistic awareness improves reading Enhances phonological awareness:  This is the ability to recognize and work with the sound structure of spoken language, which is essential for ...

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Stranger Danger Social Story

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 Okay, here's a social story about stranger danger: Meeting New People Sometimes, we meet new people. Most new people are kind and good. But sometimes, we might meet someone we don't know who makes us feel a little bit uncomfortable. This is called a "stranger." It's important to remember some rules about strangers to keep ourselves safe. Rule 1: Never Go Anywhere with a Stranger If a stranger asks you to go somewhere with them, even if it's to see a cute puppy or get candy, the answer is always NO. The safest thing to do is stay with your parents or a trusted adult. Rule 2: Never Take Things from a Stranger If a stranger offers you toys, candy, or anything else, politely say "no thank you" and do not take it. The safest thing to do is stay with your parents or a trusted adult. Rule 2: Never Take Things from a Stranger If a stranger offers you toys, candy, or anything else, politely say "no thank you" and do not take it. Rule 3: If a Strang...

Explanation of An Article on Principles of Motor Learning and Intervention for Speech Sound Disorders

Article From SpeechPathology.Com Effective Feedback in Articulation Therapy (According to Motor Learning Theory)

Neonatal Feeding

 risk  factors  associated  with infant  feeding  potential  medical  components  related  to infant  feeding  key  elements  of  current  research evidence  related  to  best  practices  in assessment/treatment  of  infant feeding/swallowing Pharyngeal  swallow  one  of  first  motor  responses in  pharynx ▪ Observed  in  10th-11th week  of  fetal  life ▪ True  suckling  present  around  18th-24th week ▪ By 34th week  most  healthy  fetuses  can  suckle and  swallow  well  enough  to  sustain  nutritional needs Suckling ▪ Defined  backward  and  forward  movements  of tongue ▪ Liquid  drawn  into  mouth  through  rhythmic  licking action  of  tongue  and  opening/clo...

Apraxia: Basics and Beyond

Definition  -   a neurological pediatric speech disorder characterized by poor planning and programming of speech sound sequences.  Prevalence -  one child per 1,000. (approximately one child per elementary school, or two elementary schools) Cooccurring Conditions  -  language disorder,  fine and gross motor impairments (50 to 80%) Core Impairment - planning and/or programming of spatiotemporal parameters of movement sequences results in: errors in speech sound production and prosody. (ASHA 2007, p. 3-4) Ten Characteristics of CAS (Shriberg 2017) -Segmental Vowel Errors Voicing Errors Distorted Substitutions Difficulty Acheiving Articulatory Configurations or Transitory Movement Gestures Groping Intrusive schwa Increased Difficulty with Multi-Syllabic Words -SupraSegmental Syllable segregation Slow speech and/or diadokinetic rate Equal Stress or Lexical stress errors Basics (course notes) https://www.apraxia-kids.org/ https://www.google...