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Intervention Factors Associated with Efficacy, When Targeting Oral Language Comprehension of Children with or at Risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A Meta-Analysis
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Sirpa Tarvainen; Pauline Frizelle; Hanna Granroth-Wilding; Suvi Stolt; Kaisa Launonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension interventions varies greatly, but the reasons for this have received little attention. Aims: The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine which…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
The Impact of Age and Exposure on EFL Achievement in Two Learning Contexts: Formal Instruction and Formal Instruction + Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
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Artieda, Gemma; Roquet, Helena; Nicolás-Conesa, Florentina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This study investigates the role of biological age and L2 exposure on the achievement of two groups of Catalan-Spanish intermediate learners of English in secondary school (Group A, Formal Instruction (FI), N = 50; Group B, FI + CLIL, N = 50) regarding receptive and productive L2 skills as well as grammatical knowledge. Learners were matched for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rate of Language Growth in Children with Hearing Loss in an Auditory-Verbal Early Intervention Program
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Jackson, Carla Wood; Schatschneider, Christopher – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
This longitudinal study explored the rate of language growth of children in an early intervention program providing auditory-verbal therapy. A retrospective investigation, the study applied a linear growth model to estimate a mean growth curve and the extent of individual variation in language performance on the Preschool Language Scale, 4th ed.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Children, Hearing Impairments, Early Intervention
Perception of Voiceless Fricatives by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children and Adults.
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Pittman, Andrea L.; Stelmachowicz, Patricia G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
A study examined perceptual-weighting strategies and performance-audibility functions of 11 children with moderate hearing impairments (HI), 11 age-matched peers, 11 adults with moderate HI, and 11 typical adults. Results showed both hearing sensitivity and age effects. Listeners with HI required lower levels of audibility to achieve similar…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Children
Are You Trying to Trick Me? Some Social Influences on Children's Responses to Problematic Messages.
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McDevitt, Teresa M.; Carroll, Marcalee – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Two social factors and their interactive effects were examined as possible influences on children's detection and reporting of inconsistent statements. Factors were the stated intention and the age of the speaker. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Interpersonal Communication, Listening Comprehension
The Use of 'Left' and 'Right' in Speech: The Development of Listener-Specific Skills.
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Waller, Glenn – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Two experiments showed that: 5- and 6-year-old listeners have difficulties with spatial reference if it includes "left" and "right"; and 7-year-olds understand this limitation on the comprehension skill of younger children and make appropriate allowances by using more landmarks instead. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Language Processing, Language Usage
Cochlear Implant Use by Prelingually Deafened Children: The Influences of Age at Implant and Length of Device Use.
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Fryauf-Bertschy, Holly; And Others – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
Annual evaluation of the speech perception performance of 34 prelingually deafened children, grouped into those who received cochlear implants either before or after age 5, found open-set word recognition performance was significantly better for children implanted before age 5. Amount of daily use of the implant significantly affected all measures…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cochlear Implants, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Congenital Impairments