Effects of language training on children's use of complex syntax
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Psychological Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Anne Hesketh (Author)
(2010)
Effects of language training on children's use of complex syntax
Hesketh A
(2016)
Encouraging Use of Subordination in Children's Narratives: A Classroom-Based Priming Study
in Language Learning and Development
Ludovica Serratrice (Author)
(2011)
The use of indirect speech clauses in a narrative context : a priming study
Ludovica Serratrice (Author)
(2011)
Priming the production of subordinate clauses in a narrative context
Serratrice L
(2015)
The use of reported speech in children's narratives: A priming study
in First Language
| Description | Effects of language training on children's use of complex syntax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | The methodology and the findings of the study were presented to first year BSc SLT undergraduate students on a course unit on child language development. The lecture covered aspects of children's linguistic development in the school years including the use of complex syntactic constructions involving subordination (i.e. indirect speech subordinate clauses, e.g. She said that she didn't like it; temporal and causal subordinate clauses, e.g. After they saw the film they went home, They liked the film because it was very funny). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Example of strategic best practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The methodology and the main findings of the study were shared through the Hello website (http://www.hello.org.uk/your-stories/your-stories/examples-of-strategic-best-practice.aspx). The website is the repository of Hello, the campaign launched in 2011, the year of communication, to increase understanding of how important it is for children and young people to develop good communication skills. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.hello.org.uk/your-stories/your-stories/examples-of-strategic-best-practice.aspx |
| Description | Language study's preliminary results |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The two schools that took part in the project were provided with preliminary reports on the children's performance immediately after the end of the data collection phase in June 2010. This first set of anlayses included the outcome of the input manipulation on the children's use of subordination in narratives after the first post-test, and their results on standardized tests of receptive vocabulary (British Pictures Vocabulary Scale) and expressive grammar (Formulated Sentences sub-test of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 4th edition UK). The results of the standardized tests were validated by the co-author, an experienced speech and language therapist. Children's identities were protected by the use of numerical IDs. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://Preliminary written report, sent to Moss Park Infant School |
| Description | Measuring the outcome of targeted language training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Summary of the methodology used in the project contributed to the database of the "Guide for Schools" initiative by The Communication Trust Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://A summary of the methodology used in the project, alongside examples of children's narratives... |
| Description | Preliminary report to Greswell Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The two schools that took part in the project were provided with preliminary reports on the children's performance immediately after the end of the data collection phase in June 2010. This first set of anlayses included the outcome of the input manipulation on the children's use of subordination in narratives after the first post-test, and their results on standardized tests of receptive vocabulary (British Pictures Vocabulary Scale) and expressive grammar (Formulated Sentences sub-test of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 4th edition UK). The results of the standardized tests were validated by the co-author, an experienced speech and language therapist. Children's identities were protected by the use of numerical IDs. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://Written report of preliminary findings |
| Description | Priming the use of subordination in narratives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar at the University of Reading (School of Psychological and Clinical Language Sciences) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Project press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A press release on the project's main findings to be released by the University of Manchester press office Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Results of language training study (the University of Manchester) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The two schools that took part in the project were provided with final reports on the children's performance six months after the end of the data collection phase at the end of 2010. This set of analyses included the outcome of the input manipulation on the children's use of subordination in narratives after the two post-tests, and their results on standardized tests of receptive vocabulary (British Pictures Vocabulary Scale) and expressive grammar (Formulated Sentences sub-test of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 4th edition UK). The results of the standardized tests were validated by the co-author, an experienced speech and language therapist. Children's identities were protected by the use of numerical IDs. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://A written report on the full set of findings for the project, sent to Moss Park Infant School |
| Description | Results of language training study (the University of Manchester) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The two schools that took part in the project were provided with final reports on the children's performance six months after the end of the data collection phase at the end of 2010. This set of analyses included the outcome of the input manipulation on the children's use of subordination in narratives after the two post-tests, and their results on standardized tests of receptive vocabulary (British Pictures Vocabulary Scale) and expressive grammar (Formulated Sentences sub-test of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 4th edition UK). The results of the standardized tests were validated by the co-author, an experienced speech and language therapist. Children's identities were protected by the use of numerical IDs. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://A written report on the full set of findings for the project, sent to Greswell Primary School |
| Description | Serratrice-Hesketh corpus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a collection of 299 narratives from 100 5-year-old English-speaking children. Each child contributed three different stories to the corpus at three different time points. The first story was recorded during the pre-test, before a two-week language training phase. The second and third story were collected after the intervention phase, one week and ten weeks later respectively. The narratives were digitally audio-recorded and transcribed using the CHAT format specified in the CHILDES manual (MacWhinney, 2000). The corpus has been donated to CHILDES (childes.psy.cmu.edu), the child language component of the TalkBank system (http://talkbank.org/). TalkBank is a system for sharing and studying conversational interactions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The role of input in children's use of coordination and subordination in narratives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at the Sheffield seminar on communicative development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Visit to Moss Park Infant School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The PI, together with the co-investigator and the research associate, visited the two participating schools at the end of the project and debriefed the teachers, the headteachers and the literacy coordinators who took part in the project. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Visits to Greswell Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The PI, together with the co-investigator and the research associate, visited the two participating schools at the end of the project and debriefed the teachers, the headteachers and the literacy coordinators who took part in the project. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |