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Contact author: Kathleen F. Peets, York University, BSB, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. E-mail: kpeets{at}post.harvard.edu.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of context on the classroom discourse skills of children with language impairment (LI).
Method: Four classroom contexts were audiotaped among 11 children with LI: a journal-writing conference, a small-group lesson, a peer play session, and sharing time.
Results: Context affected the children's performances on language productivity and complexity measures, self-monitoring strategies, and turn-taking patterns.
Clinical Implications: Classroom discourse as a set of discourse genres is critical in the assessment and intervention of LI. In order to be representative of a given child's competence, several of such genres must be sampled in language assessment.
KEY WORDS: classroom discourse, language impairment, special education, turn taking, context
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