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McCartney, Elspeth; Boyle, James; Bannatyne, Susan; Jessiman, Emma; Campbell, Cathy; Kelsey, Cherry; Smith, Jennifer; O'Hare, Anne – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2003
The construction of therapy protocols for a large-scale randomized controlled trial comparing speech and language therapists and assistants, and group and individual therapy approaches for children aged 6-11 in mainstream schools is outlined. The aim was to outline the decision-making processes that led to the construction of the research therapy…
Descriptors: Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy
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Nash, Hannah; Snowling, Margaret – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Children who have poor vocabulary knowledge are at risk of wider language weaknesses and reading comprehension difficulties, which will impact upon their educational achievement. The central question addressed in this paper is how best to teach new vocabulary items to these children. Aims: To investigate the effects of two different…
Descriptors: Definitions, Young Children, Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Skills