ERIC Number: EJ1188598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
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Improving the Odds: Identifying Language Activities That Support the Language Development of Preschoolers with Poorer Vocabulary Skills
Hagen, Åste M.
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v62 n5 p649-663 2018
The aim of the current study is to determine what language activities Norwegian preschool children took part in, and to examine whether these language activities predict children's language comprehension. We tested children (n = 134) with language measures at age 4/5 and age 5/6 and interviewed their teachers (n = 71) about the kinds of language activities the children engaged in during that school year. Teachers reported a variety of classroom language activities, ranging from informal language stimulation of everyday situations to more explicit language activities such as book reading, language games, vocabulary training and school preparation groups. Book reading every day significantly predicted children's language comprehension.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Language Processing, Learning Activities, Teacher Attitudes, Informal Education, Games, Books, Prediction, Class Activities, Language Acquisition, Norwegian, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Reading Achievement, Screening Tests, Longitudinal Studies, Language Tests, Psycholinguistics, Children, Intelligence Tests, Cognitive Development, Young Children, Grammar, Listening Comprehension, Receptive Language, Syntax, Story Reading, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
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