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Annemarie H. Hindman; JeanMarie Farrow; Barbara A. Wasik – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
Back-and-forth conversations with adults are critical for developing children's language, and, therefore, an important part of the early childhood classroom learning environment; however, the specific nature of teacher feedback, one component of teacher-child conversations, on child language has not been widely studied. This article examined…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Feedback (Response)
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Petersen, Douglas B.; Spencer, Trina D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Oral narratives are a commonly used, meaningful means of communication that reflects academic language. New state curriculum standards include narrative-related language expectations for young school-age children, including story grammar and complex language. This article provides a review of preschool narrative-based language intervention…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Narration, Intervention, Grammar
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Gillispie, Matthew – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
Many American Indian education leaders advocate for the need to combine evidence-based reading instruction with cultural-based educational practices. In the broader education literature, education philosophers propose analogous models such as culturally responsive teaching to meet the educational realities of diverse students. Culturally…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Alaska Natives, Culturally Relevant Education, Speech Language Pathology
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Alonzo, Crystle N.; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria; Murphy, Kimberly A.; Bevens, Beau – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine prekindergarten predictors of listening comprehension in second grade. Methods: Within a large, 5-year longitudinal study, children progressing from prekindergarten to second grade were administered a comprehensive set of prekindergarten measures of foundational language skills (vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Grade 2, Outcome Measures, Predictive Measurement
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Phillips, Beth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Comprehension monitoring has received substantial attention as a reading comprehension strategy. However, comprehension monitoring is not limited to the reading context, but applies to the oral context for children's listening comprehension, which is a critical foundation for reading comprehension. Therefore, a systematic and explicit…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intervention, Preschool Education, Low Income Students
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Craig-Unkefer, Lesley; Camarata, Stephen – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Facilitating language development in children with specific language impairment (SLI) who are learning African American English (AAE) as their first dialect requires clinicians to consider grammatical, lexical, and cultural differences. The purpose of this article is to examine 2 intervention methods that have an extensive history of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intervention, Delayed Speech, Language Impairments
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Ukrainetz, Teresa A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
This article reviews the evidence pertaining to intensity for phonemic awareness intervention for preschoolers and kindergartners with language impairment. The nature of phonemic awareness instruction is considered, including which phonemic awareness skills should be explicitly taught, how to structure these skills into teaching episodes, and how…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Impairments, Reading Achievement, Phonemic Awareness
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Culatta, Barbara; Hall-Kenyon, Kendra M.; Black, Sharon – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: This pilot project implemented and evaluated a theme-based unit designed to teach expository comprehension skills to young children in four preschool classrooms. Method: The program and the unit were collaborative efforts of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and early childhood educators. Within topically related units, 71 children ages…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Preschool Children, Expository Writing, Pilot Projects
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Roth, Froma P.; Troia, Gary A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
In this article, 3 models of collaboration between speech-language pathologists and classroom teachers are discussed to promote emergent literacy and accurate and fluent word recognition. These models are demonstration lessons, team teaching, and consultation. A number of instructional principles are presented for emergent literacy and decoding…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Word Recognition, Team Teaching, Speech Language Pathology
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Hagstrom, Fran; Wertsch, James V. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
This article describes sociocultural theory as a way to ground social identity for clinical and research practices in speech-language pathology. The purpose is to (1) outline the fundamentals of the theory and (2) link the focal unit of analysis from the theory, mediated action, to social identity to (3) support the clinical utility of mediated…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Sociocultural Patterns, Identification (Psychology), Social Theories