Children’s language skills can be improved: Lessons From psychological science for educational policy
Journal article
Hulme, Charles, Snowling, Margaret J., West, Gillian, Lervåg, Arne and Melby-Lervåg, Monica. (2020). Children’s language skills can be improved: Lessons From psychological science for educational policy. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 29(4), pp. 372 - 377. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420923684
Authors | Hulme, Charles, Snowling, Margaret J., West, Gillian, Lervåg, Arne and Melby-Lervåg, Monica |
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Abstract | Oral language is crucial for social interaction and for learning in the classroom; it also provides the foundation for reading comprehension. It follows that children with language difficulties are at high risk of educational failure. Recently, a number of studies have demonstrated that it is possible to produce small but significant improvements in children’s oral language through targeted language interventions (d = 0.16) and, furthermore, that studies with high-quality implementation show larger effects (d = 0.24). There is also evidence that effects of language intervention can generalize to produce improvements in reading comprehension. Although further research examining the long-term effects of language interventions are needed, current findings have important implications for educational policy and practice. |
Keywords | language interventions; reading comprehension; randomized trials |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Current Directions in Psychological Science |
Journal citation | 29 (4), pp. 372 - 377 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
ISSN | 0963-7214 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420923684 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85087697686 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 372 - 377 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | License |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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