Enhancing preschoolers' language and literacy development in Costa Rica: A family-based intervention using dialogic reading and reminiscing

 

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Συγγραφείς: Carmiol Barboza, Ana María, Sparks, Alison, Conejo Bolaños, Luis Diego, Murillo Castro, Adriana, Molina Mesén, Isabel
Μορφή: artículo original
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2025
Περιγραφή:Using a randomized controlled design in Costa Rica, this study examined the effects of a family intervention to promote early language and literacy development through dialogic reading and elaborative conversations about the past. Seventy-six caregivers and their preschool-age children were assigned to one of three experimental groups: dialogic reading, elaborative reminiscing, or an active control group, where caregivers learned about healthy eating habits. Caregivers in each group participated in an intervention that consisted of an in-person training session and follow-up text messages for 15 weeks. Children’s oral language and code-related skills were assessed before and after the intervention. Changes in vocabulary from intervention books, story comprehension, and decoding skills differed across groups, with the dialogic reading group showing greater gains than the reminiscing and control groups. The results suggest that dialogic reading at home can effectively promote early language and literacy development in preschool-age children in Costa Rica when incorporated into family language and literacy interventions.
Χώρα:Kérwá
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Γλώσσα:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/102534
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/102534
https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2025.2504135
Λέξη-Κλειδί :decoding
dialogic reading
emergent literacy
narratives
reminiscing
vocabulary
early language
literacy development
language acquisition