2019
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12471
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Improving storytelling and vocabulary in secondary school students with language disorder: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract: Background Although language and communication difficulties are common in secondary school students, there has been limited research into the efficacy of interventions for adolescents with language and communication difficulties. Aims To investigate the efficacy of teaching assistant (TA)‐delivered narrative and vocabulary interventions to mainstream secondary school‐aged students with language disorder. Methods & Procedures A randomized cont… Show more

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“…Autism & Developmental Language Impairments the present review the results extracted from the article of Joffe et al (2019) indicate that there was an improvement in receptive vocabulary in one outcome measure. Narrative comprehension was not assessed individually.…”
Section: Did Not Address Clinical Quesɵonmentioning
confidence: 82%
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“…Autism & Developmental Language Impairments the present review the results extracted from the article of Joffe et al (2019) indicate that there was an improvement in receptive vocabulary in one outcome measure. Narrative comprehension was not assessed individually.…”
Section: Did Not Address Clinical Quesɵonmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…Focusing only on oral language comprehension possibly leads to a difference between what is reported in the present review and the individual studies included in the present review. For example, the abstract by Joffe et al (2019) indicates that there were significant improvements in narrative, but not in vocabulary. In Table 1.…”
Section: Collating Summarizing and Reporting The Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Adolescence is a time of subtle but definite developmental advancement of oral language skills across syntax, semantics, and pragmatics (Joffe et al, 2019;Nippold, 2014Nippold, , 2016. In order to engage effectively with peers and others in real-world contexts, adolescents need to develop increasing competency in a range of discourse types, for example, conversation, narration, exposition, and persuasion (Heilmann et al, 2020;Snow & Powell, 2008;Westerveld & Moran, 2011), with a growing emphasis on peer interactions over family (Wadman et al, 2011).…”
Section: Language Development In Adolescencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vocabulary expands to encompass more abstract and complex concepts relating to curricular subjects and complex syntax used in texts must be processed with transfer of skills into adolescents' own writing. Moreover, adolescents' language competence is broadened and challenged by the need to master a range of academic discourse genres, such as debating, persuading, reasoning, and critical thinking (Conti-Ramsden & Durkin, 2012;Joffe et al, 2019).…”
Section: Language Development In Adolescencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, progress has been made. Recently, a randomized controlled trial was conducted by Joffe et al (2019), which investigated the efficacy of narrative and vocabulary intervention methods, using children on a waiting list as a control group.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%