ERIC Number: EJ895648
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-8151
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The Effect of a Narrative Intervention on Story Retelling and Personal Story Generation Skills of Preschoolers with Risk Factors and Narrative Language Delays
Spencer, Trina D.; Slocum, Timothy A.
Journal of Early Intervention, v32 n3 p178-199 Jun 2010
Narration, or storytelling, is an important aspect of language. Narrative skills have academic and social importance. This study evaluated the effects of a narrative intervention on story retelling and personal story generation skills of preschoolers with risk factors and narrative language delays. Narrative intervention was delivered in a small group arrangement, and materials, activities, and assistance were systematically adjusted within sessions to facilitate increasingly independent practice of oral narration. Participants were 5 preschoolers enrolled in a Head Start classroom who performed below average on two narrative language tasks. Participants made substantial gains in narrative retelling, demonstrated improved preintervention to postintervention scores for personal story generations, and maintained improvements when assessed following a 2-week break. These results have several implications for practice, including narrative intervention's versatility with a range of children from diverse backgrounds and its use of economic and efficient classroom-based small group formats for intervention. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Delayed Speech, Language Impairments, Disadvantaged Youth, Risk, Narration, Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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