Author: Ottem E.

Source: Augmentative & Alternative Communication, Volume 17, Number 1, March 2001 , pp. 52-60(9)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

This case study describes an intervention that used both Blissymbols and a new type of pictographic-articulatory symbol to teach reading to a 9-year-old boy with a specific language impairment. The symbols are derived from spatial positioning of the articulators relative to each other within the whole, with each symbol portraying the salient articulatory features of a letter sound. The results suggest that the symbols may have played a mediating and compensatory role by promoting this child's ability to read traditional orthography.

Keywords: alphabetic reading; articulatory symbols; case study; language impairment; literacy; pictographic symbols

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Torhild Kausrud National Center for Logopedics, Oslo, Norway

Publication date: 2001-03-01

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