ERIC Number: EJ1334282
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-8294
EISSN: N/A
Spanish Language and Literacy Intervention for Bilingual Children at Risk for Developmental Language Disorder: A Pilot Study
Fiestas, Christine E.; Lugo-Neris, Mirza J.; Pratt, Amy S.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.
Topics in Language Disorders, v41 n4 p309-321 Oct-Dec 2021
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility of an integrated intervention titled "Language and Literacy Together" developed to target semantic and narrative skills in bilingual children at risk for developmental language disorder (DLD). Thirteen first-grade bilingual children who scored in the risk range for DLD on the Bilingual English Spanish Oral Screener received intervention. Children completed pretest and posttest evaluations of semantics and narrative comprehension and production in Spanish and English. Intervention participants demonstrated significant gains in both semantics and narrative skills, in both the language of the intervention (Spanish) and in English. The largest gains were observed for Spanish narrative comprehension and English narrative production. The Spanish "Language and Literacy Together intervention" appears a feasible approach for improving bilingual children's semantic skills and supporting generalization to narrative comprehension and production skills, which underpin literacy. Gains in both languages suggest evidence of cross-language transfer.
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Impairments, Transfer of Training, Literacy, Pilot Projects, Semantics, Narration, Bilingualism, At Risk Persons, Elementary School Students, Screening Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Developmental Delays, Intervention, Language Processing, Student Improvement, Language Skills, Generalization, Oral Language, Pretests Posttests, Grade 1, Language Tests
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Available from: Wolters Kluwer. 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel: 800-638-3030; e-mail: MR-WKCustomerSupport@wolterskluwer.com; Web site: https://journals.lww.com/pages/default.aspx
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1R21DC01112601