- Reading to improve language skills? Focus on fiction rather than non-fiction https://ca.news.yahoo.com/reading-improve-language-skills-focus-135636845.html 4 comments books
- Study shows children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game. It improved reading abilities after just 12 hours of training. The gains persisted over time, to the point that language school grades improved more than a year after the end of training. https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2022/ameliorer-la-lecture-grace-aux-jeux-video-daction/ 56 comments science
- Audio-enhanced, interactive, pre-recorded storybooks improve vocab of at-risk kids. Prev. research shows preschooler vocab knowledge correlated with future reading comprehension, and kids with strong language skills have better academic outcomes; less likely to have troubling school behavior. https://showme.missouri.edu/2021/audio-enhanced-storybooks-can-improve-vocabulary-of-at-risk-preschoolers/ 9 comments science