Conversations without borders, across generations – a beautiful thing
Young Brazilian students wanting to practice their English with native speakers. Retirees in Chicago looking for someone to talk with. Put them together and bam!…
Apologies to Mrs Dixon: taking notes by hand is more effective than by laptop
This surprises some people, but, when I was in grade 1, I was – just a tiny bit – precocious. I also had terrible handwriting,…
Power in knowledge: child language risk factors
As you can probably tell from our blog, we’re firm believers in sharing as much information as possible with parents and others about developmental language…
Speech Talk 5: Alan Siegel – plain English – striving for simplicity
As a speech pathologist, lawyer, plain English lover and a small business owner, this one is close to my heart! Official documents don’t need to be…
Are reading comprehension problems caused by oral language deficits?
Some children can read aloud beautifully, but, when questioned, have no idea what they’ve just read. Over the years, different reading experts have put forward…