Candidates of Written Language Disabilities among Undergraduate Students at the University of Jordan as Perceived by Students and Their Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Alkhamra, Hatem A.; AlNatour, Mayada M.; Abu Dahab, Sana M. N.; AlAbdallat, Bassam M.
Titel	Candidates of Written Language Disabilities among Undergraduate Students at the University of Jordan as Perceived by Students and Their Teachers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Special Education, 27 (2012) 3, S.27-35 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0827-3383
Schlagwörter	Faculty; Reading Instruction; Written Language; Language Impairments; Foreign Countries; Handwriting; Sentence Structure; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Leseunterricht; Geschriebene Sprache; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Ausland; Handschrift; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This study aimed to explore writing problems among undergraduate students at the university level, based on students self reporting technique and the verification from their teachers' ratings. Twenty-eight students were considered good candidates for this research using two criteria of self reporting and high means of responses. Twenty-five faculty members teaching the previous sample were asked to fill in a similar survey conveying the current level of writing for the selected student. Results revealed four categories of handwriting problem; handwriting, sentence structure, vocabulary and spelling, and written expression. In addition, high agreement of written language problems from the perspective of both students and faculty members were also observed. A discussion of the results and implications for written language problems at the University of Jordan are provided. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10