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Improving the Odds: Identifying Language Activities That Support the Language Development of Preschoolers with Poorer Vocabulary Skills
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Hagen, Åste M. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of the current study is to determine what language activities Norwegian preschool children took part in, and to examine whether these language activities predict children's language comprehension. We tested children (n = 134) with language measures at age 4/5 and age 5/6 and interviewed their teachers (n = 71) about the kinds of language…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Language Processing, Learning Activities
The Relationship between Drawing and Oral Language in Deaf Students Aged Three to Five
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Silvestre, Nuria; Cambra, Cristina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
This study examines the relationship between drawing and oral language acquisition in deaf students aged three to five. The sample is made up of one hundred participants: fifty deaf and fifty hearing children. Goodenough's Human Figure Drawing Test and the WPPSI Scale of Intelligence geometric design subtest have been used to evaluate graphic…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Deafness, Freehand Drawing, Geometric Concepts