The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds

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Conditions studied: Early Literacy, Articulatory Gestures, Phonemic Awareness

In brief

This study will use an experimental design to explore if articulatory gestures (with letters and phonemic awareness training) enhance early literacy skills more than general mouth awareness training (with letters and phonemic awareness training) or letter/phonemic awareness training alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06504264

Run by

Montclair State University

People needed

9

Starts

2024-09-01

Expected to finish

2025-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-25

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Knows 15 letter names
• Passes hearing screening
• Passes Fluharty-2 Language Screening
• Can segment no more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
• Not able to read more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.

You may not qualify if…

• Does not know 15 letter names
• Fails hearing screening
• Fails Fluharty-2 Language Screening
• Can segment more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
• Reads more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.

Where it is running

• Montclair State University — Montclair, New Jersey, United States

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