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A Longitudinal Study of Vocabulary Size and Composition in Low Risk Preterm Children
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Pérez-Pereira, Miguel; Cruz, Raquel – First Language, 2018
The vocabulary size and composition of one group of full-term and three groups of low risk preterm children with different gestational ages (GA) were longitudinally compared at 10, 22 and 30 months of age. Expressive vocabulary development was assessed through the CDI. Cognitive development was also assessed at 22 months (Batelle Developmental…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Vocabulary Development, Biomedicine, Gender Differences
OZI: Australian English Communicative Development Inventory
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Kalashnikova, Marina; Schwarz, Iris-Corinna; Burnham, Denis – First Language, 2016
For more than 20 years, the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) and its adaptations for languages other than English have been used as reliable measures of infants' and toddlers' early receptive and productive vocabulary size. This article introduces the OZI, the Australian English adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI, now…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Language Skills, Measures (Individuals)
Early Markers of Language Delay in Children with and without Family Risk for Dyslexia
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Unhjem, Astrid; Eklund, Kenneth; Nergård-Nilssen, Trude – First Language, 2015
This study examined the extent to which receptive and productive vocabulary between ages 12 and 18 months predicted language skills at age 24 months in children born with family risk for dyslexia (FR) and a control group born without that risk. The aim was to identify possible markers of early language delay. The authors monitored vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Prediction, Delayed Speech