Effects of a culturally responsive speech and language intervention for students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage Ken McIntosh, Susanna Mathews, Carmen Gietz, Leslie D. MacKay, Janet Pelser, Inga Mah, Jacquie Rowe, Carolyn Vogt, Jim Edgcombe [electronic resource] /
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ArticlePublication details: 2011Description: 1 online resource (p. 181-195) : digital file, PDFSubject(s): Children -- Services for | Children -- Language -- Testing | Child development | AnishinaabeOnline resources: Full text
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Canadian Journal of Education Vol. 34, no. 3 (2011), p. 181-195Abstract: This study explored the effectiveness of a speech and language intervention that was designed to be culturally responsive and adapted to provide explicit language instruction. Participants included all 774 kindergarten students from a mid-sized rural school district in British Columbia. Seventy-seven students screened as at risk received the intervention, and the remaining students participated in the regular kindergarten curriculum. Results indicated statistically significant effects of the intervention on language and vocabulary skills. No differential effects were observed between students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage. Results are discussed in terms of culturally responsive and explicit instruction for early language development.
This study explored the effectiveness of a speech and language intervention that was designed to be culturally responsive and adapted to provide explicit language instruction. Participants included all 774 kindergarten students from a mid-sized rural school district in British Columbia. Seventy-seven students screened as at risk received the intervention, and the remaining students participated in the regular kindergarten curriculum. Results indicated statistically significant effects of the intervention on language and vocabulary skills. No differential effects were observed between students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage. Results are discussed in terms of culturally responsive and explicit instruction for early language development.
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