Saying One Thing, Meaning Another
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- TPX12901
Description
Saying One Thing, Meaning Another - Activities for Clarifying Ambiguous Language - provides background information and materials necessary for educators to help individuals
ages 10 through adult improve their understanding and use of ambiguous language.
The activities use a cognitive approach to address deficits in the comprehension of multiple meaning words, idioms, irony, indirect and direct polite requests, and polite evasions.
Use this book with individuals of normal development, those with language learning disorders, the hearing impaired, those with brain injury, as well as ESL students.
270 pages. Perfect-bound. Softcover.
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