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Effects of a culturally responsive speech and language intervention for students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestry
This study explored the effectiveness of a speech and language intervention that was designed to be culturally responsive and adapted to provide explicit language instruction. Participants included all 774 kindergarten students from a mid-sized rural school district in British Columbia. Seventy-seven students screened as at risk received the intervention, and the remaining students participated in the regular kindergarten curriculum. Results indicated statistically significant effects of the intervention on language and vocabulary skills. No differential effects were observed between students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage. Results are discussed in terms of culturally responsive and explicit instruction for early language development.Key words: early intervention, language intervention, cultural responsiveness, Aboriginal educationCette eĢtude a examineĢ l'efficaciteĢ d'une intervention orthophonique et linguistique concĢ§ue pour eĢtre culturellement adapteĢe et permettre un enseignement explicite des langues. 774 eĢleĢves de maternelle d'un district scolaire rural de taille moyenne en Colombie-Britannique ont participeĢ aĢ cette eĢtude. Parmi eux, 77 eĢtudiants, seĢlectionneĢs comme eĢtant aĢ risque, ont participeĢ aĢ l'intervention, tandis que les autres eĢtudiants ont participeĢ au programme de maternelle habituel. Les reĢsultats ont montreĢ des effets statistiquement significatifs de l'intervention sur le langage et le vocabulaire. Aucune diffeĢrence n'a eĢteĢ observeĢe entre les eĢtudiants ayant un patrimoine culturel autochtone ou non autochtone. Ces reĢsultats sont deĢbatus en termes d'enseignement explicite et culturellement adapteĢ pour le deĢveloppement preĢcoce du langage.Mots cleĢs: intervention preĢcoce, intervention linguistique, sensibilisation aĢ la culturel, eĢducation des Autochtone