Methods for Devising a Standardized Language Assessment for isiZulu Preschoolers: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africadoi:10.1007/978-3-031-04504-2_19Background : Standardized language assessments are one of the most effective methods to diagnose language disorders. Using standardized language tests to ...
For example, difficult-to-measure impacts on general vocabulary might show up in reading comprehension or reading vocabulary assessments in the primary grades. As one example of this, a five-year study by Lipsey, Farran, Hurley, Hofer, and Bilbrey (2009) randomly assigned preschools to Bright ...
Using Language Sampling in Clinical Assessments with Bilingual Children: Challenges and Future Directions Current language tests designed to assess Spanish-English-speaking children have limited clinical accuracy and do not provide sufficient information to pla... VF Gutiérrez-Clellen,G Simon-Cereijido ...
Together, the research studies identified several assessment tools/approaches with high diagnostic accuracy including standardized assessments specifically designed for multilingual children, language sampling, dynamic assessment, alternative assessments such as non-word repetition and statistical word learning, ...
Perhaps the most frequently used tools for directly assessing language and social communication skills in both research and clinical settings are standardized assessments, such as thePreschool Language Scales(Zimmerman, Steiner, & Pond, 2011) and the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (Brown, Bz...
Participants will complete case studies of students to determine appropriate language for literacy instruction and determine the best approach for English and non-English speaking students in the classroom. Issues of oral and written language will be considered as well as teacher assessments and more ...
While these cohorts provide valuable data on various aspects of child health and development in China, they often lack a synchronized approach integrating behavioral, neuroimaging, and detailed assessments of language and social-emotional development, which are critical for a comprehensive understanding of...
use during pregnancy with language development in children. CDI scores at 2 years have been shown to be highly correlated with SLAS scores later in early childhood, and both measures have also been shown to be consistent with children’s performance on other standardized language assessments.53,54...
There are few norms for the oral language development of monolingual school-age children (Nippold,1995). As a consequence perhaps, there are few assessments of oral language proficiency in a first (and often only) language. References Abedi, J., Lord, C., Hofstetter, C., and Baker, E.:...
This longitudinal study investigated the predictive value of initial level and growth rate of joint attention and play from 10 to 24 months for language abilities of 24-month-old toddlers at elevated likelihood (EL) for autism. (Semi-)structured assessments were used to measure all variables at ...