Implementing Effective Oral Language Interventions in Preschool Settings

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IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE

ORAL LANGUAGE

INTERVENTIONS INPRESCHOOL SETTINGS

Main Concepts from this Study and Talking Time

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Oral Language Skills of a Significant

Minority: Concerns

Two groups of children appeared to be vulnerable

in this context:

Those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and

English Language Learners

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The Studys Intervention Focused on the

Following:

Vocabulary: the building block of language

Narrative Skills: being able to link words inmeaningful grammatical constructions

Comprehension: the study focused on childrens

abilities to draw inferences

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The Study also Focused on the

following:

How adults speak to children

Expansions

Recasting

Commenting on childs actions and focus of attention

Following childs lead

Organization of the nursery setting Small groups

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Matching

Child:"Doggy run

Adult:"Yes, the dog

is running."

Child: I want thelellow one.

Adult: I want the

yellow one.

Child: Boy fall in

water

Adult: Yes, he hasfallen in the water

and hes getting very

wet.

Extension

Recast

Expansion

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Method

142 children participated in the study

53 were exposed to Talking Time intervention

41 were exposed to story reading

48 just attended the nursery

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Results

As a group at the end of the intervention, the

children:

produced sentences with an average length of three

words

had limited improvement in oral narratives (a source ofsignificant concern)

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Results

There was a general increase in performance over time.

Both interventions supported children's performance on

tasks that drew on language skills.

There were no changes in the control nursery in terms oforal language produced.

Talking Time had highly significant positive changes inthe nursery that had implemented it.

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Goals of Talking Time

Talking Time is an interactive oral language

intervention package designed to supportlanguage

and to foster communicative exchanges with young

children. Three key linguistic skills are targeted:

vocabulary development,

the ability to make inferences, and the ability to recount a narrative.

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Acting Out Activity

aims to develop childrens vocabulary

encourages the use of nouns and verbs

props useful in this activity to support childrenslearning of vocabulary

set of about six target words:

Going to the doctor: tummy,

blanket, hurt, sleep, morning, it

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Story Talk Activity

Aims to:

use the pictures presented in a story (with no text)

develop the childrens abilities to draw both literal and

inferential conclusions.

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Hexagon Game

designed to support the development of narrative

language.

provides good opportunities for staff to model

language to the children.

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Hexagons

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Talking Time

To learn more about the intervention Talking Time, youcan visit the following site that includes the teachershandbook:

http://www.ioe.ac.uk/about/documents/About_Staff/PHD_JD_Publications_TALKING_TIME_Handbook.pdf

*The handbook link can also be found on yourbrochure along with other ways teachers can

promote oral language*

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