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The Effectiveness of Digital Game-Based Pedagogy in Language Abilities among Children with Delay
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Guanzheng Chen; Yuying Fan – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2025
Language delay impacts children's social development. Game-based teaching has shown promise in enhancing language skills, however, the effectiveness of digital game-based teaching for children with language delay remains underexplored. This study, focusing on Chinese kindergarten students, investigated the impact of digital game-based teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Language Acquisition, Developmental Delays
Oral Motor and Gesture Abilities Independently Associated with Preschool Language Skill: Longitudinal and Concurrent Relationships at 21 Months and 3-4 Years
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Alcock, Katie; Connor, Simon – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Early motor abilities (gesture, oral motor, and gross/fine skills) are related to language abilities, and this is not due to an association with cognitive or symbolic abilities: Oral motor skills are uniquely associated with language abilities at 21 months of age. It is important to determine whether this motor-language relationship…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Nonverbal Communication, Language Skills, Preschool Children
The Effects of Dialogic Reading on the Expressive Vocabulary of Pre-School Aged Children with Moderate to Severely Impaired Expressive Language Skills
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Ramsey, Wanda R.; Bellom-Rohrbacher, Kristen; Saenz, Terry – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dialogic reading on the expressive vocabulary skills of children with moderate to severe expressive impairments. Previous research has shown positive effects of dialogic reading on the language skills of children who are typically developing and on children who are at-risk for language…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development, Expressive Language
Relationships between Caregiver Decisions about Communication Approach and Language Outcomes for Children Using Cochlear Implants
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Tachtsis, Kristina; Dettman, Shani – Deafness & Education International, 2018
With regard to parents making communication approach decisions for their children with hearing loss, Crowe et al. (2014) suggested that key themes were: feasibility; sources of information; child characteristics; and, future opportunities. For children using cochlear implants (CI/s), the present study aimed to understand parental preferences…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making
Improving Parents' Interactions with Children with Hearing Loss Using Data-Based Feedback
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Kishida, Yuriko; Kemp, Coral – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
An AB single case design was used to measure the effect of data-based feedback for 6 children in a listening and spoken language early intervention (EI) programme in Australia. Changes in the number of parent-child conversational turns following feedback were measured using an automated language environment analysis system. The perceived value and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Hearing Impairments, Early Intervention
Effect of Home Versus Day Care Environment on the Receptive and Expressive Language Development of Four-Year-Olds.
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West-Lewis, Edna L.; Bhavnagri, Navaz – 1991
This study investigated the effect of day care attendance on the receptive and expressive language development of nine 4-year-old children. Five children who had 2 years of day care experience comprised a day care group. A home-reared group was composed of four children who had 3 months of day care experience. Children's receptive language ability…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Environment, Language Acquisition, Listening Comprehension