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    Effects of a culturally responsive speech and language intervention for students of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestry

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    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 eĢtude a examineĢ l'efficaciteĢ d'une intervention orthophonique et linguistique concĢ§ue pour eĢ‚tre culturellement adapteĢe et permettre un enseignement explicite des langues. 774 eĢleĢ€ves de maternelle d'un district scolaire rural de taille moyenne en Colombie-Britannique ont participeĢ aĢ€ cette eĢtude. Parmi eux, 77 eĢtudiants, seĢlectionneĢs comme eĢtant aĢ€ risque, ont participeĢ aĢ€ l'intervention, tandis que les autres eĢtudiants ont participeĢ au programme de maternelle habituel. Les reĢsultats ont montreĢ des effets statistiquement significatifs de l'intervention sur le langage et le vocabulaire. Aucune diffeĢrence n'a eĢteĢ observeĢe entre les eĢtudiants ayant un patrimoine culturel autochtone ou non autochtone. Ces reĢsultats sont deĢbatus en termes d'enseignement explicite et culturellement adapteĢ pour le deĢveloppement preĢcoce du langage.Mots cleĢs: intervention preĢcoce, intervention linguistique, sensibilisation aĢ€ la culturel, eĢducation des Autochtone
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