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Lake, Gillian; Evangelou, Maria – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
This study developed, delivered and evaluated an interactive intervention, which targeted three- and four-year-old children's oral language. The intervention was carried out over twice-weekly sessions, for ten weeks. The first weekly session was a group shared storybook reading session with a puppet and the second weekly session consisted of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Oral Language, Control Groups
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Wilde, Melanie E.; Sage, Rosemary – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Children's communicative competence is essential and predictive of their success in school. However, in England in recent years we have faced particular challenges inculcating this understanding into primary and early years teachers' practice. Furthermore, some studies have raised concerns about children's communicative competence on school entry.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), Narration, Young Children