Språkförmågor hos barn som deltar i läsfrämjande aktivitet
ChildrenGrammatical abilitiesNarrative skillsReading frequencyReceptive vocabularyStory generationStory retellingWord retrievingBerättandeGrammatisk förmågaImpressivt ordförrådLäsfrekvensNarrativ förmågaOrdmobiliseringSkolbarnåterberättande
In a school for children from 6-9 years in a small town in the southeast of Sweden, is areading activity program in progress since 8 years. The original purpose of this program wasto enhance the student?s reading interest. All of the students read at least one book a week andthen they review the book in front of the class.The purpose of the present study was to examine vocabulary, word retrieving, narrative skillsand grammatical abilities in children in this school. The objectives were to investigate if thechosen language abilities in these children were different compared to normative data andearlier studies in children at comparable ages. Furthermore, the aim was to study if narrative skills correlated with vocabulary, word retrieving and grammatical ability.The examination was carried out by testing 65 students in the school regarding the chosenlanguage abilities. The results showed that these students had better vocabulary compared to American normative data and earlier Swedish studies. In narratives they produced stories inchronological order and they included a large amount of information. Narrative abilitiescorrelated with receptive vocabulary, word retrieving and grammatical abilities.It was concluded that reading promoting activities may have affected these student?s languageabilities in a positive way.