[Linganth] Word Gap intervention evaluation studies?

[Elinor Ochs]

In addition to the Forum in the JLA that Judy mentioned, there is by now a substantial critique of the Language Gap.

For some recent discussions take a look at:

Eric J. Johnson, Netta Avineri & David Cassels Johnson (2017) Exposing Gaps in/Between Discourses of Linguistic Deficits. International Multilingual Research Journal, 11(1): 5-22.

Morelli, Gilda et al. 2018 Bringing the Real World Into Developmental Science: A Commentary on
Weber, Fernald, and Diop (2017).  Child Development.

Ochs, E. & Kremer-Sadlik 2015. How Postindustrial Families Talk.  Annual Review of Anthropology. 44, 87-103.

Sperry, Douglas et al 2018. Reexamining the Verbal Environments of Children From Different
Socioeconomic Backgrounds.  Child Development.

Sperry, Douglas et al 2018 Hazardous intersections: Crossing disciplinary lines in developmental psychology. European Journal of Social Theory


Tami Kremer-Sadlik and I have been writing a critique.  I just gave a plenary lecture at SRCD based on our draft.  We hope to submit these pieces soon and circulate them.

Ellie


On Apr 15, 2019, at 5:21 PM, Woolard, Kathryn <kwoolard at ucsd.edu<mailto:kwoolard at ucsd.edu>> wrote:

Does anyone have references for, and/or a critical summary of, follow-up evaluation studies of home language socialization interventions based on the “Word Gap” model, such as “Providence Talks” or other LENA-based interventions?

Brief googling has led me only to short (glowing) news reports 2017-18 and an unpublished ms. of a Brown University study of Providence Talks, which falls far short in research standards in my view. For evaluation of change in child language skills, it uses only a self-administered parent evaluation form devised and provided by LENA itself to its participants.

Thanks for any leads.
Kit Woolard
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