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Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja, Urska; Podlesek, Anja; Kranjc, Simona – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
According to the findings of several studies, parents' assessments of their toddler's language are valid and reliable evaluations of children's language competence, especially at early development stages. This study examined whether preschool teachers, who spend a relatively great deal of time with toddlers in various preschool activities and…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Teachers, Language Acquisition, Evaluation Methods
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Dethorne, Laura S.; Johnson, Bonnie W.; Loeb, Jane W. – Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2005
Despite the common use of mean length of utterance (MLU) as a diagnostic measure, what it actually reflects in terms of linguistic knowledge is relatively unclear. This study explored the extent to which variance in MLU could be accounted for by a measure of expressive vocabulary and a measure of morphosyntax in a group of 44 typically-developing…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Morphology (Languages), Syntax