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Children's Reading Comprehension And Narrative Recall In Sung And Spoken Story Contexts

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Literacy training, Music and reading, Reading comprehension, Speech and language delay, Sung story books

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volume

24

Issue

3

First Page

329

Last Page

349

Abstract

A growing number of reading professionals have advocated teaching literacy through music and song; however, little research exists supporting such practices. The purpose of this study was to determine if sung story book readings would enhance story comprehension and narrative re-tellings in children with histories of speech and language delay. Thirty kindergarten and first grade children listened to story books read in either a sung or spoken voice and were then asked to retell stories and answer story comprehension questions. Findings revealed that story re-telling and comprehension scores did not differ between conditions; however, certain advantages associated with language expression and attentional focus were indicated in both conditions. © 2008 SAGE Publications.

Department

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Original Publication Date

10-1-2008

DOI of published version

10.1177/0265659008096296

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