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In this pilot study, the purpose was to determine if certain language interventions could help bilingual children reduce maze use and improve their story retell abilities. We used language intervention, Story Champs, and its Spanish version, Puente de Cuentos to help bilingual children improve their story retell abilities. We conducted the intervention over the course of three days in both Spanish and English. The children participated in three stories in each language each day. They also received a narrative measure before and after the intervention to measure gains in story ability and to measure maze use. Results of the study indicated that there were no statistically-significant differences in the children's story retell abilities or maze use before and after the intervention. Nevertheless, we are encouraged by our results for future further study because of some improvements the children made.
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- The Effects of Story Champs and Puente de Cuentos on the Maze Usage and Story Retell Abilities of Bilingual Preschoolers
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- Whiteley, Aaron Kyle (Author)
- Restrepo, Maria (Thesis director)
- Dixon, Maria (Committee member)
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science (Contributor)
- School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2016-05
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