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Elin Thordardottir

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Biography:

Language development and language disorders in children with emphasis on assessment and intervention. In particular: language development and language disorders in children speaking English, French and Icelandic, and bilingual children; development of language assessment tools and methods for children speaking French and Icelandic, and for bilingual children; cross-linguistic comparison of normal and impaired language developemnt; intervention methods for monolingual and bilingual children.

The language and culture of my heritage is passed on to me orally. it's a different way off learning than how I am taught at school. How do I keep my traditional culture alive while learning to read and being immersed in the majority culture?

Reading is the core of learning and staying in school . improving reading skills with young Aboriginal children can open up the doors to future prospects.

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