Efficacy and Benefits of the Metacom Training to Promote Metaphor Comprehension in Typical Development

Autor/inn/en	Tonini, Elisabetta; Lecce, Serena; Del Sette, Paola; Bianco, Federica; Canal, Paolo; Bambini, Valentina
Titel	Efficacy and Benefits of the Metacom Training to Promote Metaphor Comprehension in Typical Development
Quelle	In: First Language, 42 (2022) 3, S.466-496 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tonini, Elisabetta) ORCID (Del Sette, Paola) ORCID (Bambini, Valentina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/01427237221081201
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Language Processing; Transfer of Training; Reading Comprehension; Pragmatics; Teaching Methods; Elementary School Students; Communication Skills; Inferences; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Linguistic Theory; Foreign Countries; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Socioeconomic Status; Italian; Language Tests; Receptive Language; Cognitive Tests; Short Term Memory; Reading Tests; Grade 4; Measures (Individuals); Computer Assisted Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Italy; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Digit Span Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Leseverstehen; Pragmalinguistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kommunikationsstil; Inference; Inferenz; Aufgabenanalyse; Linguistische Theorie; Ausland; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Italienisch; Language test; Sprachtest; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Lesetest; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Messdaten; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Italien
Abstract	Although metaphors are essential tools in everyday communication and educational settings, the literature lacks evidence of effective training tools to promote metaphor comprehension in typical development. Grounding in theoretical pragmatics, we developed a novel metaphor comprehension training (MetaCom) for school-age children that focuses on inferential and contextual aspects of metaphors. The effects of the MetaCom were tested against a control training focusing on text comprehension in a randomized controlled trial involving 55 children aged between 8;8 and 9;8. Only children in the MetaCom group improved in the ability to verbally explain the meaning of a metaphor. Moreover, only the MetaCom showed transfer effects to reading comprehension. These findings suggest that targeting inference and attention to context is key to promote metaphor understanding, and that the benefits might extend to linguistic and communicative skills at large. The MetaCom training can thus represent a promising tool for educational programs, possibly also in atypical populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01