A method to develop vocabulary checklists in new languages and their validity to assess early language development

Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition
Elizabeth L PradoKathryn G Dewey

Abstract

Since the adoption of United Nations' Sustainable Goal 4.2 to ensure that all children have access to quality early child development (ECD) so that they are ready for primary education, the demand for valid ECD assessments has increased in contexts where they do not yet exist. The development of early language ability is important for school readiness. Our objective was to evaluate the validity of a method to develop vocabulary checklists in new languages to assess early language development, based on the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories. Through asking mothers of young children what words their children say and through pilot testing, we developed 100-word vocabulary checklists in multilingual contexts in Malawi and Ghana. In Malawi, we evaluated the validity of the vocabulary checklist among 29 children age 17-25 months compared to three language measures assessed concurrently: Developmental Milestones Checklist-II (DMC-II) language scale, Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT) language scale, and the number of different words (NDW) in 30-min recordings of spontaneous speech. In Ghana, we assessed the predictive validity of the vocabulary checklist at age 18 months to forecast language, pre-academic, ...Continue Reading

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Feb 5, 2016·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·Elizabeth L PradoKathryn G Dewey

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Dec 15, 2020·The South African Journal of Communication Disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Kommunikasieafwykings·Xolisile Mazibuko, Moses Chimbari
Jun 20, 2020·Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica : Official Organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)·Louiza VoniatiSpyridon K Chronopoulos

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Software Mentioned

Computerized Language Analysis ( CLAN )
MDAT
iLiNS
Codes for the Human Analysis of Transcripts ( CHAT )
SAS

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