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Reese, Elaine; Barrett-Young, Ashleigh; Gilkison, Laura; Carroll, Jane; Das, Shika; Riordan, Jessica; Schaughency, Elizabeth – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Tender Shoots is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) for parents aimed at improving preschool children's oral language skills relevant for later reading. Parents of 72 preschool children (M = 50 months) were randomly assigned to either a Rich Reading and Reminiscing (RRR) condition, a Strengthening Sound Sensitivity (SSS) condition, or an…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Narration, Parent Child Relationship, Story Telling
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Xi, Xiaotong; Li, Peng; Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Research has shown that observing hand gestures mimicking pitch movements or rhythmic patterns can improve the learning of second language (L2) suprasegmental features. However, less is known about the effects of hand gestures on the learning of novel phonemic contrasts. This study examines (a) whether hand gestures mimicking phonetic…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Rhythm