Augmented reality (AR) provides numerous opportunities for digitally-aided language interventions autistic children. Educators and researchers have reported a variety of outcomes insights about the use AR as an educational pedagogical tool. The unique advantage suggests that it supports attentional behaviour, fosters emotional social skills, improves communication abilities in children with autism. However, efficacy this technology learning has not previously been systematically reviewed....

Individuals with High functioning autism (HFA) are distinguished by relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive skills. However, problems pragmatic language skills have been consistently reported across the autistic spectrum, even when structural is intact. Our main goal was to investigate how highly verbal individuals process figurative whether manipulation stimuli presentation modality had an impact on processing. We were interested in extent which visual context, e.g., image...

The importance of a mirror neuron system (MNS) as mechanism for understanding the actions others has been established (e.g., Rizzolatti, Fadiga, Gallese, & Fogassi, 1996). Neurons in primate premotor cortex fire both when monkey performs an action grasping) and observes someone else performing same action. It also proposed that MNS is starting point intentions goal-directed behavior (Fogassi et al., 2005; Gallese Goldman, 1998). Consistent with this view, Falck-Ytter, Gredeback, von Hofsten...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of subtitles in context authentic material on second language comprehension and potentially, acquisition for Norwegian learners English. Participants were 49 17-year-old students 65 16-year-old students, who all native speakers learning English as an L2 high school. Both age groups divided into three Conditions, where one group watched episode American animated cartoon Family Guy with subtitles, no subtitles. On a questionnaire conducted...

We critically address current theories of figurative language, focusing on the role literal or compositional meaning in interpretation non-literal expressions, including idioms and metaphors. Specifically, we formulate discuss processing hypothesis that may either facilitate impede recovery construction intended depending multiple factors, particular, expression's decomposability "strength" semantic relations between meanings. As a case study, consider research acquisition expressions highly...

The use of participatory design (PD) to inform the games and learning technology seems be appropriate for marginalized groups people, including children with autism. However, specific traits autism phenotype can create a barrier in facilitating participation autistic during PD activities, especially when their verbal abilities are limited. Involving parents projects help address challenges related communication children. We have facilitated augmented reality (AR) by four 9 parents. analyzed...

We conducted a detailed study of case linguistic talent in the context autism spectrum disorder, specifically Asperger syndrome. I.A. displays language strengths at level morphology and syntax. Yet, despite this grammar advantage, processing figurative inferencing based on presents problem for him. The advantage is consistent with weak central coherence (WCC) account autism. From account, presence local bias evident ways which autistic individuals solve common problems, such as assessing...

This study investigated whether it is possible to provide naturalistic second language acquisition (SLA) of vocabulary for young learners in a classroom situation without resorting classical immersion approach. Participants were 60 first-grade pupils two Norwegian elementary schools their first year. The control group followed regular instruction as prescribed by the school curriculum, while experimental received increased target input. entailed extensive use English teacher during classes,...

84 Norwegian 10-year-old children were tested in short-term memory, L1 language competence (semantics and grammar) L2 skills (vocabulary comprehension). While previous studies have shown strong relationship between phonological memory competencies, the extent to which specific competencies correlate each other, with L2, is still open debate. We aimed establish whether such links can be found children. Our results convincingly demonstrate that related support of studies. find correlations...

The sources of reading comprehension difficulties in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are still open to discussion. We explored their ability adapt strategies different goals using eye‐tracking technology. A group participants ASD, and intelligence‐, receptive oral language‐ skills‐matched control peers, read three stories under conditions: for entertainment; study; fast search information a previously presented question. Each text required answer questions. ASD was less accurate...

Abstract Background Problems with pragmatic aspects of language are well attested in individuals on the autism spectrum. It remains unclear, however, whether figurative skills improve status and problems no longer present highly verbal autism. Aims To investigate perform similarly as age‐, intelligence‐ comprehension‐matched controls processing one most common types language, metaphors. The goal was to establish participants primed by expressions (metaphors) presented different conditions....

Previous research suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties inference generation in reading tasks. However, most previous studies examined how well children understand a text after or measured on-line behavior without response to questions. The aim of this study was investigate the online strategies and adolescents during at same time responding question by monitoring their eye movements. participants ASD compared age-, language-, nonverbal...