Identifying language learners at risk: Pre-primary into year 1

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Some children in schools in Western Australia may be at risk of developing learning or behavioural difficulties because they have a difficulty in language learning which is uncomplicated by any other obvious cause. Local research by Zubrick (1984) has revealed that, even at the Pre-primary and Year 1 level, such children are perceived to be less academically able than their peers. In an effort to improve identification rates for these children, Zubrick (1984) interviewed parents of children referred for speech therapy, and parents of children not referred for speech therapy, to determine the extent to which they felt that some behaviours were either related, or not related, to difficulty in language learning. The present study examined the extent to which 79 Pre-primary and Year 1 teachers from 2 school districts of the Ministry of Education of Western Australia agreed or disagreed with some of Zubrick's findings. Generally, teachers in this study and parents in Zubrick's study were se

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