Evaluating the Discriminant Accuracy of a Grammatical Measure With Spanish-Speaking Children.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the discriminant accuracy of a grammatical measure for the identification of language impairment in Latino Spanish-speaking children. The authors hypothesized that if exposure to and use of English as a second language have an effect on the first la...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 1209 - 1224 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
December 2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507936051&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 507936051 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: December 2006 vid: 49 iid: 6 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 507936051 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/087) ppf: 1209 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 265KB tig: atl: Evaluating the Discriminant Accuracy of a Grammatical Measure With Spanish-Speaking Children. aug: au: Gutiérrez-Clellen, Vera F. Restrepo, M. Adelaida Simón-Cereijido, Gabriela su: Children with learning disabilities English as a foreign language Bilingualism Psychology sug: subj: Children with learning disabilities English as a foreign language Bilingualism Psychology keyword: Children -- Language -- Tests and scales ab: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the discriminant accuracy of a grammatical measure for the identification of language impairment in Latino Spanish-speaking children. The authors hypothesized that if exposure to and use of English as a second language have an effect on the first language, bilingual children might exhibit lower rates of grammatical accuracy than their peers and be more likely to be misclassified. Method: Eighty children with typical language development and 80 with language impairment were sampled from 4 different geographical regions and compared using linear discriminant function analysis. Results: Results indicated fair-to-good sensitivity from 4;0 to 5;1 years, good sensitivity from 5;2 to 5;11 years, and poor sensitivity above age 6 years. The discriminant functions derived from the exploratory studies were able to predict group membership in confirmatory analyses with fair-to-excellent sensitivity up to age 6 years. Children who were bilingual did not show lower scores and were not more likely to be misclassified compared with their Spanish-only peers. Conclusions: The measure seems to be appropriate for identifying language impairment in either Spanish-dominant or Spanish-only speakers between 4 and 6 years of age. However, for older children, supplemental testing is necessary. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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