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Acquisition of prepositions in language‐delayed preschoolers: Is intervention effective?
Author(s) -
Telleen Sharon,
Wren Carol T.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.3109/13682828509012271
Subject(s) - psychology , comprehension , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , preschool education , expressive language , developmental psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , psychiatry , biology
Many language‐delayed children experience difficulty with prepositions, but few instructional guidelines exist. A group of 25 language‐delayed preschoolers made significant gains on a test measuring comprehension of 20 prepositions following five months of systematic instruction by classroom teachers in a preschool setting. They continued to improve on a second post‐test after four additional months of instruction. The instructional method is discussed in detail, and an analysis of the order of difficulty of the prepositions is presented.