• Can oral interventions in late primary school years be effective?

Can oral interventions in late primary school years be effective?

Duration: 34 mins Publication Date: 23 Apr 2025 Next Review Date: 23 Apr 2028 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13721

Description

How important is language for children’s development? Is there a relationship between language difficulties and socioeconomic status? Do language interventions improve other aspects of development? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Professor Charles Hulme about his recent research into the efficacy of the Oral Language for Literacy Intervention (OLLI) programme.

Learning Objectives

1. The importance of language for children’s development and the relationship between language difficulties and socioeconomic status.

2. What is known about language interventions and the aims of language interventions.

3. Do language interventions improve other aspects of development beyond language itself?

4. The evidence-gap that this research aims to address.

5. The Oral Language for Literacy Intervention (OLLI) programme.

6. Can the OLLI programme be adapted for use at home as well as in schools?


Paper Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14084

About this Lesson

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Speakers

Charles Hulme

Charles Hulme

Professor of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Oxford, and founder and CEO of the University of Oxford spinout company, OxEd and Assessment Ltd

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