ERIC Number: EJ1221713
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Publication Date: 2019
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Examining the Effects of Group-Based Instruction on Emergent Second-Language Skills in Young Children
May, Richard; Chick, Joanna; Manuel, Samantha; Jones, Rachel
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v52 n3 p667-681 Sum 2019
The present study evaluated the emergence of second-language intraverbals in typically developing young children following a small-group teaching intervention. Choral responding was employed with a group of 6 primary school children (5-6 years old) to teach first-language tacts (e.g., "What is this in English?" ["Hospital"]) and related second-language tacts (e.g., "What is this in Welsh?" ["Ysbyty"]). A multiple-probe design across stimulus sets was used to evaluate subsequent emergence of untrained first-to-second-language derived intraverbals (e.g., "What is hospital in Welsh?" ["Ysbyty"]) and untrained second-to-first-language intraverbals (e.g.,"What is ysbyty in English?" ["Hospital"]). Data indicated that the choral responding intervention produced robust increases in derived intraverbal relations for 3 of the 6 participants.
Descriptors: Intervention, Small Group Instruction, Second Language Learning, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Verbal Communication, Language Usage
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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