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EVALUATING A PROGRAMME TO ENHANCE VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT IN PRE‐SCHOOLERS
Author(s) -
Piramal Reshma,
Law James
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682820109177888
Subject(s) - vocabulary , psychology , reading (process) , lexicon , vocabulary development , population , literacy , set (abstract data type) , mathematics education , significant difference , developmental psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , teaching method , computer science , demography , sociology , mathematics , statistics , programming language , philosophy
This study was set up to investigate vocabulary development in a population of urban Indian socio‐economically impoverished pre‐schoolers. Since research has shown that a correlation exists with vocabulary and reading skills, hence better vocabulary would be indicative of fewer reading related problems. The introduction of an oracy programme in a nursery was evaluated and the results compared with those from a similar nursery not exposed to the programme. There was a significant difference in the growth of receptive vocabulary for the experimental group relative to the comparison group but no improvement in the expressive lexicon of either group. Results shed light on vocabulary development and its implications on later literacy progress, as well as changes to nursery practice in India.