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Improving early language and literacy skills : differential effects of an oral language versus a phonology with reading intervention
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Bowyer-Crane, Claudine, Snowling, Margaret J., Duff, Fiona J., Fieldsend, Elizabeth, Carroll, Julia M. , Miles, Jeremy N. V., Goetz, Kristina and Hulme, Charles (2008) Improving early language and literacy skills : differential effects of an oral language versus a phonology with reading intervention. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol.49 (No.4). pp. 422-432. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01849.x ISSN 0021-9630.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01849.x
Abstract
Background This study compares the efficacy of two school-based intervention programmes (Phonology with Reading (P + R) and Oral Language (OL)) for children with poor oral language at school entry. Methods Following screening of 960 children, 152 children (mean age 4;09) were selected from 19 schools on the basis of poor vocabulary and verbal reasoning skills and randomly allocated to either the P + R programme or the OL programme. Both groups of children received 20 weeks of daily intervention alternating between small group and individual sessions, delivered by trained teaching assistants. Children in the P + R group received training in letter-sound knowledge, phonological awareness and book level reading skills. Children in the OL group received instruction in vocabulary, comprehension, inference generation and narrative skills. The children's progress was monitored at four time points: pre-, mid- and post-intervention, and after a 5-month delay, using measures of literacy, language and phonological awareness. Results The data are clustered (children within schools) and robust confidence intervals are reported. At the end of the 20-week intervention programme, children in the P + R group showed an advantage over the OL group on literacy and phonological measures, while children in the OL group showed an advantage over the P + R group on measures of vocabulary and grammatical skills. These gains were maintained over a 5-month period. Conclusions Intervention programmes designed to develop oral language skills can be delivered successfully by trained teaching assistants to children at school entry. Training using P + R fostered decoding ability whereas the OL programme improved vocabulary and grammatical skills that are foundations for reading comprehension. However, at the end of the intervention, more than 50% of at-risk children remain in need of literacy support.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Language acquisition, Children -- Language, Language awareness in children, Literacy, Clinical trials, Language arts (Preschool) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0021-9630 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.49 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 422-432 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01849.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Nuffield Foundation, North Yorkshire (England). County Council, British Academy |
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