Thread by @tiffanyphogan

In light of recent discussions on the Simple View of Reading, oral lang, listening comp, and reading comp, this thread highlights recent research in these areas. Did you know @usedgov spent 100+ million to fund research on comprehension in children? ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/… 1/20

Reading for Understanding teams focused on improving reading comprehension in many grades. All instruction included a mix of oral language stimulation and more traditional reading strategy work, linked to text. ies.ed.gov/pdf/RFU_Nov201… 2/20

RCT shows that teaching language skills impacts reading comp. Texts were uses in instruction. “…this study provides causally interpretable support for the language bases of reading comprehension.”
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20… 3/20

Our team focused on improving malleable foundational language (vocabulary and grammar) and higher-level language (inferencing, com monitoring, story grammar) skills to improve reading comp in children Pre-K to G3. 500+ free lessons contained here: larrc.ehe.osu.edu/curriculum/ 4/20

Other Reading for Understanding teams have valuable resources, around instruction in vocabulary, discourse, and inferencing:
meadowscenter.org/institutes/pro… & serpinstitute.org/adolescent-lit… 5/20

RCT shows, “…the strength of improvements seen in the OL group supports the idea that oral-language deficits are one critical causal factor underlying these children’s reading-comprehension difficulties.” @DrPJClarke
researchgate.net/profile/Paula_… 6/20

Systematic review calls for more research on lang comp instructional effects on reading comprehension: @lervag researchgate.net/publication/33… 7/20

How do you ‘improve’ reading comp in children before they decode written text (and in those who learn to decode): improve their language skills! @ReadOxford @ProfKateCain readoxford.org/who-are-poor-c… 8/20

Vocabulary has the strongest effect on reading comp outcomes: digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewconten… & recent review: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20… 9/20

Background knowledge, typically measured through oral language, is also important for reading comprehension: @natwexler
news.ets.org/stories/can-ba… 10/20

#SVR is framework for how language impacts reading comp. Papers on imperial evidence and discussion of Simple View – separate skills needed to impact reading comp – decoding and language comprehension. @ReadOxford
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… & eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/8979… 11/20

Animation of #SVR and some critical components: institute.aimpa.org/aim-pathways/r… 12/20

What about children who decode texts accurately and fluently but don’t understand text? They are poor comprehenders and their language skills are poor before they learn to read. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28677872 13/20

Children with #devlangdis struggle to use and understand language, including written language. Children with #dyslexia struggle to decode texts. Many struggle with both. How are they the same or different?pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20… 14/20

To learn more about children with #devlangdis, who have a neurobiological brain difference which impacts their ability to use and understand language, including text, check out these websites: dldandme.org, radld.org, naplic.org.uk/dld/ 15/20

Should we focus on improving children’s oral language abilities, outside of texts. YES! There are reasons that listening comp is important for children: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… & researchgate.net/publication/28… 16/20

There are national standards around language & why working on oral language is a good outcome in and of itself: corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L… 17/20

Many are working to improve the disconnect between research informing practice and practice informing research. See newest thread by @saraannhart Please retweet and add others. 18/20

I know there’s a ton more research on #SVR (Simple View of Reading), language, and reading. Please retweet with additional studies 19/20

I’d love to hear from educators working with kids every day. Please retweet and tell us what you are doing in the classroom that works? How are you stimulating language, with and without texts? #elachat #soallcanread #slpeeps 20/20