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JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH
卷 65, 期 2, 页码 738-759出版社
AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC
DOI: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00266
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- National Science Foundation [1324807]
- Div Of Information & Intelligent Systems
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [1324807] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study evaluated the efficacy of a reading comprehension intervention for dual language learners, some of whom had developmental language disorders. The intervention was most effective with narrative and easy texts, and DLLs with lower initial English reading abilities benefited more from it. Future research should focus on matching text difficulty with child skills to maximize intervention benefits.
Purpose: We evaluated the efficacy of a reading comprehension intervention with dual language learners (DLLs) with documented English reading comprehension difficulties, half of whom had a developmental language disorder. The intervention EMBRACE (Enhanced Moved by Reading to Accelerate Comprehension in English) required children to move images on an iPad to both improve and demonstrate understanding of multichapter stories. Additionally, we determined the characteristics of students who most benefit from the intervention. Method: Fifty-six participants in second to fifth grades were randomly assigned to one of two groups: (a) Spanish support intervention or (b) Spanish support control. Outcome measures included performance on comprehension questions related to the intervention texts, two transfer texts with no strategy instruction, and the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests-Fourth Edition Reading Comprehension subtest administered pre-and post-intervention. Results: Multilevel hierarchical linear models were used to account for nesting of question within child within classroom. For this group of DLLs, the overall intervention effect was not statistically significant. However, the intervention was most effective with narrative (vs. expository) texts and easy (vs. more difficult) texts. DLLs with lower initial English reading abilities (decoding and comprehension) benefited more from the intervention than those with stronger reading skills. Conclusions: The EMBRACE intervention has promise for use with DLLs with low baseline decoding and comprehension skills, particularly in early elementary grades. Future research should aim to match text difficulty with child skills when introducing new comprehension strategies to maximize benefit from the intervention.
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