Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ530847
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Effects of Story Reading on Language.
Vivas, Eleonora
Language Learning, v46 n2 p189-216 Jun 1996
Reports on an experimental investigation of the effects of a systematic, story-reading-aloud program on some language variables in preschool and first-grade children. Results indicate that both age groups significantly increased their language comprehension and expressions when listening to stories read aloud, either at home or at school. (25 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Experimental Groups, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Listening Comprehension, Parents as Teachers, Preschool Children, Reading Aloud to Others, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Story Reading, Syntax
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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