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Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study
Dissertation (MA (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology))-- University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/84040 Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study Van der Linde, Jeannie petrialiebenberg@gmail.com Bornman, Juan Schimper, Isabel Liebenberg, Petria UCTD Language sample analysis Language assessment Speech-language therapy Afrikaans Typical development Dissertation (MA (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology))-- University of Pretoria, 2021. Language sample analysis is widely regarded as the gold standard of language assessment in multilingual contexts such as South Africa. However, the limited availability of developmental language data for Afrikaans and the uncertainty regarding the length of sample guidelines complicate its reliable use. The study aimed to provide guidelines on the length of sample necessary to yield a representative language sample and concurrently provide a preliminary description of the spoken language skills of Afrikaans-speaking children, using language sample analysis. The study involved thirty typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children aged between 3;6 (years; months), and 9;6. A descriptive research design was used to transcribe and analyse one-hour interactions collected in natural environments of participants recruited using referral sampling. Video and audio recordings of the samples were transcribed using adapted SUGAR analysis procedures. Results indicated that mean length of utterance in words, number of different words, and the total number of words stabilise at 30 minutes and no significant differences were found between 30 minutes and longer time segments. The morphosyntactic skill results compared well to existing guidelines. Lexical diversity results correlated with the findings of the lexical specificity and accuracy in the Prutting and Kirchner Pragmatic Protocol. The developmental trajectories for pragmatic and phonological development were consistent with existing guidelines. The study concluded that 30-minute interactions provide a representative discourse sample for Afrikaans-speaking children who are between 3;6 and 9;6. It provides promising preliminary developmental data and clinical guidelines, confirming the potential of language sample analysis as a reliable component of language assessment in Afrikaans. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MA Unrestricted 2022-02-17T12:46:17Z 2022-02-17T12:46:17Z 2022-04-25 2021 Dissertation * A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84040 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Language sample analysis Language assessment Speech-language therapy Afrikaans Typical development Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title | Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title_full | Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title_fullStr | Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title_short | Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study |
| title_sort | describing the spoken language skills of typically developing afrikaans speaking children using language sample analysis a pilot study |
| topic | UCTD Language sample analysis Language assessment Speech-language therapy Afrikaans Typical development |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84040 |