Assessment of Language Skills

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Flashcards on Assessment of Language Skills, created by Simone Norman on 18/10/2016.
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definition of language -arbitrary system of codes and symbols people use to express thoughts, ideas, experiences. -symbols organized and sequenced by linguistic rules (phonetic/phonemic, morphological, syntactical, semantic, pragmatics) -2 main modalities: production and comprehension
phonologic & semantic skills, definition -Phonologic: same as speech production skills. Treat phonology & lang. separately -Semantic: Branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words & word combos of a language -words and meanings may be: simple, complex, multiple, abstract, or figurative -classification of meaning: referential, connotative, relational, inferential, figurative, multple
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morphologic skills -morpheme: smallest element of grammar and meaning. May be words OR smaller grammatical units like prefixes, suffices, articles, prepositions, etc -free morphemes: stand alone to convey meaning bound morphemes: can't convey meaning on their own; are bound to free morphemes (like prefixes)
syntactic skills -rules of grammar and sentence construction -children must learn unique rules of the lang to which they are exposed -syntactic rules generally acquired by the time the child enters 1st grade -you can assess syntactic skills through lang samples, standardized tests, or other alternative approaches that have ethnocultural validity
pragmatic skills -pragmatics: the study of language as produced in social contexts -helps initiate and sustain conversation and narration, including: topic initiation, turn-taking, topic maintenance, topic shifts, social appropriateness of lang, eye contact, gestures & facial expression -pragmatic skills are heavily influenced by cultural factors -pragmatic skills develop :
prevalence of language disorders -difficult to determine due to exclusion/inclusion criteria -according to some data, ~12-13% of kids have lang disorders -SLI (specific lang impairment) prevalence: ~7-8%
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