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Area of Science:

  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Role-based learning utilizes role assumption for skill acquisition in real-life contexts.
  • Role-play shows promise as an educational strategy for children.
  • Limited research exists on role-play as a speech-language pathology therapy method for children with language learning disability (LLD), who often face social communication difficulties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of role-play intervention for enhancing pragmatic skills in learners with LLD.
  • Specifically, to assess improvements in stylistic variation and requesting clarification.

Main Methods:

  • An embedded mixed methods design utilizing a pretest-posttest experimental approach.
  • Eight participants diagnosed with LLD were purposefully selected.
  • Data collected via Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (4th Ed.) Pragmatics Profile, discourse completion tasks, and session records; analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data.

Main Results:

  • The role-play intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in stylistic variation and requesting clarification.
  • The control group showed minimal changes in these pragmatic skills.
  • Study limitations are noted for result interpretation.

Conclusions:

  • Role-play is a beneficial therapy approach for improving stylistic variation and requesting clarification in children with LLD.
  • Recommendations are provided for integrating role-play into speech-language pathology practices for this population.