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Direct linkLina Hashoul-Essa; Sharon Armon-Lotem – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: This study presents a comprehensive exploration of lexical and grammatical development in Palestinian Arabic (PA). The study aims to test the validity of the Palestinian Arabic Communicative Development Inventory (PA-CDI) as well as generate growth curves for lexical and morphosyntactic development, examine the order of emergence of both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Vocabulary, Test Validity
Francois, Isabelle; Lapka, Stefanie; Berstein Ratner, Nan; Mills, Monique T. – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2023
Clinical Question: For young AAE speakers (P), how useful is the Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) compared with Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn) in identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) in the presence of African American English (AAE)? Method: Structured Review. Study Sources: PsycInfo®, Education Source, Education Resources…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Syntax
Saban-Dülger, Nur Seda; Turan, Figen; Özcebe, Esra – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Language sampling analysis (LSA) plays an important role in evaluating language skills; hence, the study aimed to develop new assessment measures for the LSA in Turkish as alternatives to mean length of utterance (MLU) and the Language Assessment, Remediation and Screening Procedure. With this aim, Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) and…
Descriptors: Syntax, Turkish, Speech Communication, Correlation
Humphry, Stephen; Heldsinger, Sandra; Dawkins, Sue – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
Although the teaching of children's oral language is critical to both their social development and academic success, the assessment of oral language development poses many challenges for classroom teachers. The aim of the study is to develop an approach that: (i) enables teachers to assess oral language in a reliable, valid and comparable manner…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Teaching Methods, Language Acquisition, Teacher Role
Peer reviewedThal, Donna; Jackson-Maldonado, Donna; Acosta, Dora – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
The validity of the Fundacion MacArthur Inventaria de Habilidades Communicativas: Palabras y Enuciados was examined with twenty 20- and nineteen 28-month-old, typically developing, monolingual, Spanish-speaking children in Mexico. Results indicated validity for assessing expressive vocabulary in 20-month-olds and expressive vocabulary and grammar…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedMcDade, Hiram L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1982
Results indicated that Ss were able to accurately repeat sentences which they did not understand as long as imitation was immediate. Delaying imitation three seconds adversely affected imitation of noncomprehended sentences while having no significant effect on comprehended sentences. (Author)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Grammar, Imitation, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedAnderson, Raquel T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
The Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test-Preschool was compared to an author-developed structured task activity in determining the grammatical ability of 20 Spanish-speaking preschoolers. The structured task activity was a better means for obtaining information concerning the preschoolers' productive knowledge of grammatical forms. (CR)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Gaies, Stephen J. – 1979
In recent years, T-unit analysis has been applied in second language research to characterize the syntactic nature of linguistic input and to assess the syntactic maturity of the learners' written production. This measure has been seen to provide an objective and reliable method of determining the overall complexity of language samples. However,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Styles
Gardner, Hilary; Froud, Karen; McClelland, Alastair; van der Lely, Heather K. J. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Despite a large body of evidence regarding reliable indicators of language deficits in young children, there has not been a standardized, quick screen for language impairment. The Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) test was therefore designed as a short, reliable assessment of young children's language abilities. Aims: GAPS was…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phonology, Screening Tests, Reading Difficulties
