Eficacia del programa informatizado EPI.com para la mejora de la comprensión y la expresión de estudiantes de entre 3 y 6 años

The acquisition of comprehension and expression skills is the key in the learning process, especially given the difficulties of students. EPI.com is a computerised strategy based on the adaptation of hypertext to Early Childhood Education. It aims to improve the lexical, semantic and syntactic processes. The objective of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of EPI.com for improving overall and specific psycho-linguistic and verbal aspects (depending on the age). To this end, a total of 155 participants (3-6 years old) were classified into two groups, an experimental group (93 children who worked with EPI.com) and a control group (62 children who followed the traditional methodology). All of them completed the Illinois Test of Psycho-linguistic Abilities, and the Peabody test. The results showed the effectiveness of the strategy in the experimental group in the Psycho-linguistic Abilities. The 3 year-old children obtained the greatest benefits with the intervention. The analysis concluded that EPI.com is effective in improving psycho-linguistic abilities in this population sample.