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Norah M. Almubark – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Narrative is the art of conveying a sequence of causally and temporally linked events through monologic telling. Various functions can be served through narratives including sharing experiences, expressing ideas, providing entertainment, and imparting cultural or social values. Narrative language represents an authentic type of language that is…
Descriptors: Narration, Oral Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
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Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Friedrich, Nicola – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
We report on our analysis of talk during an assessment task where we asked children living in northern Canadian communities to draw and write about activities they share with family and friends in their daily lives. We introduce a language as context approach to assessing young children's (ages 4-6 years) literacy and sociocultural knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Freehand Drawing, Literacy
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Murphy, Kimberly A.; Springle, Alisha P.; Sultani, Mollee J.; McIlraith, Autumn – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Analysis of narrative language samples is a recommended clinical practice in the assessment of children's language skills, but we know little about how results from such analyses relate to overall oral language ability across the early school years. We examined the relations between language sample metrics from a short narrative retell,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Oral Language, Language Skills, Story Telling
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Barner, David; Lui, Toni; Zapf, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Is "two" ever a plural marker in child language? By some accounts, children bootstrap the distinction between the words "one" and "two" by observing their use with singular-plural marking ("one ball/two balls"). Others argue that the numeral "two" marks plurality before children begin using numerals to denote precise quantities. We tested the…
Descriptors: Nouns, Child Language, Computation, Young Children
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Pickert, Sarah M.; Chase, Martha L. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Story retelling is suggested as a method to evaluate children's ability to comprehend, organize, and express language. (MKM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Oral Language
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Harris, Margaret; Chasin, Joan – Journal of Child Language, 1999
Six children were studied from the age of 6 months to 1 year and 6 months to chart their developing comprehension vocabularies from the first to the 100th word. Observational data were used in the first instance to identify newly comprehended words and then controlled testing was carried out for each word to confirm and expand the observational…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
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Dale, Phillip S.; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1989
Analysis of data from studies investigating the effectiveness of a parent report form for assessing children's early language development showed that the vocabulary checklist had substantial validity, and that it helped parents to provide a valuable overall evaluation of their children's language at 20 months. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Language, Evaluation Methods, Infants
Foley, J. A., Ed. – Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Language Centre (RELC), 2005
This book contains a collection of papers presented at the SEAMEO RELC International Seminar, held April 18-20, 2005. The sixteen papers contained in this volume deal with various aspects of the field of learning and teaching oral communications skills. These include the theoretical background, practical applications and the assessment of oral…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Anthologies, Oral Language, Language Teachers
Beach, Richard, Ed.; Bridwell, Lillian S., Ed. – 1984
This book contains 20 articles, from a wide variety of perspectives, designed to bridge the interests of researchers and teachers on the topic of current composition research. The following articles are included: "Studying the Writing Abilities of a University Freshman Class: Strategies from a Case Study" (Charles R. Cooper, with Roger…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bullis, Michael, Ed.; Fielding, Glen, Ed. – 1988
This review summarizes and discusses literature relevant to the communication development of young children (0-5 years) with deaf-blindness. The review is divided into topical areas. The topical areas and the contributors for each area are as follows: "Perspectives on Communication Assessment" (Charity Rowland); "Research in Tactile…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Child Language, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills