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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Oral Motor Assessment Scale in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy
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Mohamadi, Omid; Torabinezhad, Farhad; Ebadi, Abbas – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The Oral Motor Assessment Scale (OMAS) is a diagnostic tool used to assess the oral motor skills in individuals with neurological and neuromuscular disorders. This assessment was developed by Brazilian researchers and for the first time, its validity and reliability was examined in Brazil. The purpose of the present study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Test Reliability, Test Validity
The Student Oral Language Observation Matrix: A Psychometric Study with Preschoolers
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Dennis, Lindsay R.; Krach, S. Kathleen; McCreery, Michael P.; Navarro, Sarah – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2019
The Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM) is an assessment of oral language skills. The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the SOLOM for preschoolers through (a) use of internal consistency methods to assess the reliability of the scores from the SOLOM and (b) examination of criterion-related validity by…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Oral Language, Observation, Language Skills
Screening for the Identification of Oral Language Difficulties in Brazilian Preschoolers: A Validation Study
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Puglisi, Marina L.; Blasi, Helena F.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate a screening questionnaire for the early identification of language difficulties in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking preschool children. Method: The article is divided into two studies. In the first study, we reported the theoretical principles that guided the development of the Screening for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Language Impairments, Screening Tests
ELO-L: A Norm-Referenced Language Screening Test for 3 to 8-Year-Old Lebanese Children
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Zebib, Racha; Henry, Guillemette; Messarra, Camille; Hreich, Edith Kouba; Khomsi, Abdelhamid – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
The ELO-L (Évaluation du langage oral chez l'enfant libanais) is the first norm-referenced language-screening test in Lebanon. It is an adaptation of the ELO, a French language-screening test. The ELO-L was normed on 1,718 children aged three to eight years and divided into eight age groups with a minimum of 100 participants in each group. It is…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Construction, Oral Language, Screening Tests
Concurrent and Construct Validity of Oral Language Measures with School-Age Children with Specific Language Impairment
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Hoffman, LaVae M.; Loeb, Diane Frome; Brandel, Jayne; Gillam, Ronald B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2011
Purpose: This study investigated the psychometric properties of 2 oral language measures that are commonly used for diagnostic purposes with school-age children who have language impairments. Method: Two hundred sixteen children with specific language impairment were assessed with the Test of Language Development--Primary, Third Edition (TOLD-P:3;…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Language Impairments, Factor Structure
A Proposed Framework for Testing the Oral Language of Second/Foreign Language Learners.
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Shohamy, Elana – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Proposes a framework for foreign language testing that consists of several different types of speech interactions. The interactions are assessed with rating scales whose criteria vary according to the intended use of the test results. The framework is evaluated in terms of reliability and validity. A sample oral test is given. (Author/DJD)
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Proficiency, Language Styles, Language Tests