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Intervention in the coherence of narrative discourse in students with Developmental Language Disorder and with Typical Development (Intervención en la coherencia del discurso narrativo de alumnado con Trastorno del Desarrollo del Lenguaje y con Desarrollo Típico)

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Pages 774-803 | Received 16 Dec 2020, Accepted 21 Nov 2021, Published online: 08 Aug 2022
 

ABSTRACT

The main goal of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of an intervention programme on narrative coherence in students with Typical Development (TD) and with a Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Participants were 99 five-year-old students from schools in Tenerife. A task involving retelling a story was used for the narrative analysis, in which we studied thematic unity and the causal and temporal semantic relationships. The intervention programme, which had a total of 55 20-minute sessions, was organized into different practice levels and enlisted the collaboration of teachers and speech therapists. Two experimental groups (DLD and TD) and two control groups (DLD and TD) were established. The results show that students with DLD initially showed worse performance on coherence than their classmates with TD. After the programme, the students who received the intervention not only improved their performance but showed the strongest gains in thematic unity and mental state-causal relationships. The working model used serves as a guide for early intervention.

RESUMEN

El objetivo principal del presente estudio ha sido comprobar la efectividad de un programa de intervención sobre la coherencia narrativa de alumnado con Desarrollo Típico (DT) y con Trastorno del Desarrollo del Lenguaje (TDL). Participaron 99 alumnos de cinco años de colegios de Tenerife. Para el análisis narrativo se utilizó una tarea de recontado de un cuento, estudiándose su unidad temática y las relaciones semánticas causales y temporales. El programa de intervención, con un total de 55 sesiones de 20 minutos, se organizó en diferentes niveles de práctica y contó con la colaboración del profesorado y las logopedas. Se establecieron dos grupos experimentales (TDL y DT) y dos grupos control (TDL y DT). Los resultados indicaron que el alumnado con TDL presentaba inicialmente un peor rendimiento en coherencia que sus compañeros con DT. Finalizado el programa, el alumnado que recibió la intervención además de mejorar su rendimiento, constituyen los grupos que presentan mayores ganancias en unidad temática y en relaciones causales estado mental. El modelo de trabajo empleado sirve de guía para una intervención temprana.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This study was conducted within Project No. EDU2017-84193-R subsidised by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the government of Spain. / Esta investigación se realizó dentro del Proyecto n° EDU2017-84193-R subvencionado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España.

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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