ERIC Number: EJ1477841
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Publication Date: 2025-Aug
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Polish LITMUS Cross-Linguistic Lexical Task: Reliability, Validity, and Norms for Monolingual 3- to 5-Year Olds
Magdalena Luniewska1; Magdalena Krysztofiak1; Weronika Bialek1; Martyna Burdach1; Ewa Komorowska1; Grzegorz Krajewski1; Judyta Pacewicz1; Julia Radzikowska1; Nina Gram Garmann2; Ewa Haman1
First Language, v45 n4 p421-456 2025
Vocabulary assessment is an important part of measuring language proficiency in both monolingual and bilingual children. The LITMUS Cross-Linguistic Lexical Tasks (CLT) provides a framework for assessing the vocabulary of monolingual and bilingual children using a standardized procedure and comparable stimuli across languages. All language versions of CLT include picture naming and picture recognition tasks, using both nouns and verbs as target words. The present study demonstrates high reliability (internal consistency) and convergent validity of the Polish CLT (CLT-PL) in a monolingual sample of children between 3 and 6 years of age. We present data collected from 479 participants. Based on the analysis of the impact of children's demographic characteristics on CLT scores, we developed a set of monolingual norms for children aged 3;0 to 5;11. We conclude that the CLT-PL is a reliable and valid tool for assessing vocabulary in monolingual children that could be applied in research and has the potential to serve as a diagnostic tool in the future. With this, we are one step further in designing tools for assessing the vocabularies of multilingual children learning Polish.
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Monolingualism, Vocabulary Development, Polish, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Bilingualism, Nouns, Pictorial Stimuli, Naming, Preschool Children, Evaluation Methods, Verbs, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Native Language
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland; 2Department of Early Childhood Education, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway