Improving the General Language Skills of Second-Language Learners in Kindergarten: A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Arne Lervåg, Kristin Rogde, Monica Melby-Lervåg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Medical education
Vocabulary Grammar media_common.quotation_subject education 05 social sciences 050301 education Norwegian language.human_language Vocabulary development Psycholinguistics Education law.invention Comprehension Randomized controlled trial law Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION language Cognitive development 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 9:150-170 |
| ISSN: | 1934-5739 1934-5747 |
| Popis: | Second-language learners display poorer general language skills in the language used at school than their monolingual peers, which is a concern because general language skills (vocabulary, grammar, language expression, and comprehension) provide the foundation for later academic success. In a randomized controlled trial, we examined the efficacy of an intervention to improve second-language learners' general language skills in their second language. One hundred and fifteen children (mean age = 5.5 years) were randomly assigned to a business-as-usual control group or to an 18-week intervention program conducted by kindergarten teachers during the last semester of kindergarten. The children were assessed at pre-intervention, post-intervention and a seven-month follow-up. The children in the treatment group demonstrated significant improvements on a custom measure of taught vocabulary. The language intervention program also produced effects that generalized to standardized measures reflecting express... |
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