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Using Audio Prompting to Assist Monolingual Speech-Language Pathologists to Teach English-Spanish Vocabulary to English Learners
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Rivera Pérez, Jean F.; Creaghead, Nancy A.; Washington, Karla; Guo, Ying; Raisor-Becker, Lesley; Combs, Sandra – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
This research investigates the effectiveness of using a child's first language (L1), specifically Spanish, with Audio Prompting (AP) delivered via a tablet computer by monolingual English-speaking clinicians to enhance vocabulary growth in the L1 and second language (L2) of children who are English Learners (ELs). Outcomes of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Speech Language Pathology, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Exploration of How Spanish and English Noneliciting Questions Affect the Novel Vocabulary Acquisition of Hispanic Dual Language Learners Enrolled in Head Start
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Walsh, Bridget A.; Rose, Katherine Kensinger; Sanchez, Claudia; Burnham, Melissa M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Novel word learning in the context of shared storybook reading has been primarily investigated with monolingual children, while experiments with Hispanic dual language learners (DLLs) are less prevalent. This exploratory study investigated the extratextual stylistic behaviors of storybook reading that promote novel word learning in DLL…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Monolingualism, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition
Novel Word Learning of Preschoolers Enrolled in Head Start Regular and Bilingual Classrooms: Impact of Adult Vocabulary Noneliciting Questions during Shared Storybook Reading
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Walsh, Bridget A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation study employed quantitative methods to investigate the impact of adult questioning styles on children's novel vocabulary acquisition during shared storybook reading. In an effort to examine adult qualitative variations in shared storybook readings, two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of noneliciting questions…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Vocabulary