Two funded projects explore the role of language and early literacy skills in preschoolers with typical and atypical development for their later reading and writing abilities at primary school: 1) the Talk project (2017-1-IT02-KA201-036595) under the Erasmus+ Programme, funded with support from the European Commission; and 2) the Joint Project \u201cLanguage in Context: an innovative intervention program focused on supportive, interactive contexts for preschool children with Cochlear Implants: evaluation of their effectiveness and their influence on literacy\u201d, with the collaboration of Cochlear Italia.<\/p>\n
1) Teaching and Assessing Language for Kids \u2013 TALK (Erasmus+ Programme)<\/strong> The specific aims are:<\/p>\n The target groups of the research are two preschools and two primary schools in each country (Italy, Belgium, and Romania). The project aims to share the research findings and good practices relative to the identification and treatment of early language and learning fragilities among teachers. The implementation of the project will have an indirect effect on the quality of life, well-being, and communication strategies of the participants. In addition, it will support and help teachers and caregivers to prevent children’s long-term difficulties.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/strong> Project Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n Project Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n Duration<\/strong> Current State<\/strong> Publications<\/strong> Bastianello, T., Brondino, M., Persici, V., & Majorano, M. (2022). A novel computer-based assessment tool for evaluating early literacy skills in Italian pre-schoolers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education<\/em>, 37(2), 177-196. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02568543.2022.2118913<\/a><\/p>\n Majorano, M., Bastianello, T., Bodea-Hategan, C., Fantuzzi, P., Fontana, G., \u2026, & Persici, V. (2021). Early literacy skills and later reading and writing performance across countries: the effects of orthographic consistency and preschool curriculum. Child & Youth Care Forum<\/em>, 50(6), 1063-1085. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10566-021-09611-7<\/a><\/p>\n Majorano, M., Ferrari, R., Bertelli, B., Persici, V., & Bastianello, T. (2021). Talk – An intervention programme for enhancing early literacy skills in preschool children: a pilot study. Child Care in Practice<\/em>, 28(4), 691-707. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13575279.2021.1929844<\/a><\/p>\n Conference presentations<\/strong> Majorano, M., & Bastianello, T. (2019). Early Predictors Of Literacy Skills: An Intervention Program For Italian Preschool Children. 19th <\/sup>ECDP, Atene, Greece, August 2019, p. 588.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2) Language in Context: an innovative intervention programme focused on supportive interactive contexts for preschool children with Cochlear Implants: evaluation of their effectiveness and their influence on literacy (Joint Project 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n The present project aims to test the efficacy of an intervention programme developed to support literacy skills development at home (the \u201cSimo-syl\u201d programme) in two groups of Italian pre-schoolers (typically developing children, TD-group, and deaf children, CI-group). The specific aims of the project are:<\/p>\n The study will compare 20 preschool children with CIs participating in the early intervention programme (CI) with 20 children with CIs exposed to a control treatment (CI-C). Two additional groups of 30 age-matched typically developing children will be involved in the project: one group participating in the same intervention programme as the children with CIs (TD-T) and the other participating in a control intervention program (TD-C).<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/strong> Project Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n Project Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n Duration<\/strong> Current State<\/strong> Publications<\/strong> Conference presentations<\/strong> Santangelo, M., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., & Majorano, M. (2023). A 12-week computer-based intervention to support early literacy skills in children with cochlear implants. 16th European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation (ESPCI) (May 31-June 3, 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands). Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n Santangelo, M., Persici, V., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., Bertelli, B., Ferrari, R., & Majorano, M. (2023). Supporting early literacy skills in preschoolers with cochlear implants (CIs) through a syllabic computer-based intervention. Giornate CLASTA XIII edizione (May 19-20, 2023, Pescara, Italy). Poster presentation.<\/p>\n Guerzoni, L., Falzone, C., Majorano, M., Persici, V., & Cuda, D. (2022). The syllabic approach intervention supports early literacy skills in children with cochlear implants. 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\nThis study uses an innovative approach combining a range of methodologies in a cross-cultural perspective with the aim to facilitate the assessment of early competencies and early intervention and to support children\u2019s learning competencies in preschool and primary school.<\/p>\n\n
\nLiteracy development, early competences, well-being, social inclusion<\/p>\n
\nMajorano Marinella<\/a>, University of Verona<\/p>\n\n
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\n24 months (September 2017- September 2019)<\/p>\n
\nData collection is completed; the results relative to the Talk-assessment across countries and to the effects of the Italian intervention are published.<\/p>\n
\nFlorit, E., Roch, M., Dicataldo, R., & Levorato, M. C. (2022). The Simple View of Reading in Italian beginner readers: Converging evidence and open debates on the role of the main components. Learning and Individual Differences<\/em>, 93, 101961. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lindif.2020.101961<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBastianello, T., & Majorano, M. (2019). La valutazione delle competenze linguistiche nella scuola dell’infanzia: uno studio preliminare. CLASTA, Verona, Italy, May 2019, p. 18.<\/p>\n\n
\nCochlear implant, emotional co-regulation, syllabic approach, intervention, preschool<\/p>\n
\nMarinella Majorano<\/a>,<\/span> University of Verona<\/p>\n\n
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\n42 months (January 2019- )<\/p>\n
\nData collection is completed; first results presented at conferences; data analyses in progress; papers in preparation.<\/p>\n
\nMajorano, M., Persici, V., Santangelo, M., Ferrari, R., Bertelli, B., Florit, E., Lavelli, M., Bastianello, T., Guerzoni, L., & Cuda, D. (under review). Narrative skills and language comprehension in preschool children with cochlear implants: a comparison with children with Developmental Language Disorder or typical development.<\/p>\n
\nBastianello, T., Persici, V., Ferrari, R., Bertelli, B., & Majorano, M. (2021). \u201cSimo-syl\u201d: A computer-based programme to enhance child\u2019s emergent literacy skills. CSEDU, Virtual event, 23-25 April 2021.<\/p>\n