ERIC Number: EJ1282551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
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Quantity-Focused Language Input Intervention: Impact on Adult Words Delivered to At-Risk Dual Language Learners
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v35 n1 p91-110 2021
Spanish-English-speaking dual language learners (SE-DLLs) from low-income backgrounds are at risk for experiencing academic difficulty compared to peers of ethnic-majority, middle- and high-income backgrounds. Caregiver language input is a consistent predictor of later developmental and academic outcomes. The current study targeted caregivers (n = 9) of young SE-DLLs from low-income backgrounds in a language input intervention using a quantitative feedback device called Starling by Versame and its corresponding smartphone application that provided caregiver word counts and visual displays of caregiver input. In a multiple-baseline design, three cohorts of participating families tracked daily adult word counts. Researchers selected high-priority, 15-minute segments of interaction in naturalistic settings to characterize the intervention's effect. Results indicated a limited effect of the Starling intervention on quantity of adult words across selected high-priority contexts in visual analysis and hierarchical linear modeling. Participants rated the intervention as socially and culturally valid. Null findings of intervention importantly contributed unique evidence about the use of technology-based, quantity-focused language input feedback and its social validity with families of Spanish-English-speaking backgrounds in low-income conditions.
Descriptors: Low Income Students, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students, English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Family Environment, Parent Influence, Feedback (Response), Monolingualism, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Parent Education, Educational Technology, Mothers, Young Children, Bilingualism, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups, Language Usage, Language Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Ages and Stages Questionnaires; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
Grant or Contract Numbers: H325D140068