A classroom project utilizing the Bell & Howell Language Master® Audio-Visual Instruction System to improve oral communication skills in six preadolescent educable mentally retarded students is described. Standardized test scores and linguistic analyses of pre- and posttreatment speech samples revealed improved quantity and quality of oral language.
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