Language intervention to facilitate the acquisition of English as a second langauge by pre-school children.

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dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Heila Letitia.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T12:25:28Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T12:25:28Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionA Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in partial fulfilment for the Degree of Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the role of the speech-language therapist in second language acquisition. The motivation for the study arose out of recent political changes in South Africa, which led to desegregated education, and the need for young children to cope with English as the medium of instruction from the start of their schooling. The aim was to determine whether language intervention provided by a speech-language therapist significantly improved the English proficiency of a group of black pre-school children. A pre-test, post-test, centrol group experimental design was employed. The comprehension and expression of English vocabulary and syntax of thirty, three to six year old subjects was assessed using a modified version of the Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language-Revised (Carrow, 3.988), a newly devised vocabulary measure, as well as crystal's (1982) Profile in Lexical Semantics, and the Language Assessment Remediation and Screening Procedure (crystal et aL, 1989). The results showed that the English proficiency of the group of children who received language intervention from a speech-language therapist, improved significantly more than that of the first control group, who received only additional input in English, and the second control group, who received no input beyond that provided through the regular pre-school programme. The positive results of this research can now be applied to the teaching of languages other than English, and the training of teachers who would like to improve their skills at facilitating language acquisition.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAndrew Chakane 2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/25865
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectSecond language acquisition.en_ZA
dc.subjectEnglish language -- Study and teaching (Preschool) -- South Africa -- Foreign speakers.en_ZA
dc.subjectSpeech therapy for children.en_ZA
dc.titleLanguage intervention to facilitate the acquisition of English as a second langauge by pre-school children.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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