2021
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/nxb82
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Supporting Adjective Learning by Children with DLD: Enhancing Metalinguistic Approaches

Abstract: Background: Adjectives are essential for communication, conceptual development, and academic success. However, they are semantically and syntactically complex and can be particularly challenging for children with Developmental Language Disorder. Surprisingly, language interventions have not typically focused on this important word class.Aims: 1) To provide a supportive and accessible primer on adjectives for practitioners; 2) to explore how the SHAPE CODINGTM system can be adapted to support adjective learning… Show more

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“…Section 4 demonstrates how research can be applied to enhance adjective learning in class across curriculum areas, together with recommended resources to support these ideas. Our work builds on foundations from Ricks and Alt (2016), who proposed to apply theoretical principles and experimental findings from research on adjective learning to support children who struggle with acquiring adjectives (see also Davies et al., in press). We expand this by harnessing the research findings to support a wider range of children starting out in formal education to reach a more sophisticated mastery of adjectives across a range of subjects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Section 4 demonstrates how research can be applied to enhance adjective learning in class across curriculum areas, together with recommended resources to support these ideas. Our work builds on foundations from Ricks and Alt (2016), who proposed to apply theoretical principles and experimental findings from research on adjective learning to support children who struggle with acquiring adjectives (see also Davies et al., in press). We expand this by harnessing the research findings to support a wider range of children starting out in formal education to reach a more sophisticated mastery of adjectives across a range of subjects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%