Assessing the narrative abilities of Spanish-speaking preschool children: A Spanish adaptation of the narrative assessment protocol
Assessing the narrative abilities of Spanish-speaking preschool children: A Spanish adaptation of the narrative assessment protocol
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10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.12.025
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Terry, Nicole Patton
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作者：
Gorman, Brenda K.;Bingham, Gary E.;Terry, Nicole Patton
由于对西班牙语学龄前儿童语言和早期识字的有效进度监测工具的需求，我们调查了西班牙语改编工具的效用，该工具旨在评估和监测学龄前儿童在叙事环境中的语言发展。参与者包括60名在社区学前班注册的3至4岁讲西班牙语的儿童。儿童叙事性复述是在秋季和春季收集的。按照原始英语方案的编码程序，根据句子结构、短语结构、修饰语、名词和动词这五个类别中的27个特征对叙事进行转录和评分。分析中还包括了9个适用于西班牙语的附加特征。对结构效度、同时效度和预测效度的分析支持西班牙语改编的长版本和短版本的实用性。最初的英语版本和西班牙语改编版之间出现了一些差异。特别是，纳入了与数字-性别一致和常规不完成时动词时态有关的特征，使该工具受益。说西班牙语的受试者产生的二级动词多于二级名词。总而言之，该工具有望成为一种在叙事语境中监测说西班牙语的学龄前儿童语言发展进展的有效方法。(C)2016 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Driven by the need for valid progress monitoring tools of language and early literacy for Spanish-speaking preschool children, we investigated the utility of a Spanish-language adaptation of a tool designed to evaluate and monitor preschoolers' language growth in a narrative context. Participants included sixty Spanish-speaking children between the ages of three and four enrolled in community-based preschool classrooms. Child narrative retells were collected both in the fall and spring. Following coding procedures of the original English protocol, narratives were transcribed and scored according to 27 features within five categories: sentence structure, phrase structure, modifiers, nouns, and verbs. Nine additional features appropriate to Spanish were included in the analysis. Analysis of construct, concurrent, and predictive validity supported the utility of both long and short versions of the Spanish adaptation. Several differences between the original English version and Spanish adaption emerged. In particular, the inclusion of features related to number-gender agreement and regular imperfect verb tense benefited the tool. Spanish-speaking participants produced more tier-two verbs than tier-two nouns. In conclusion, the tool holds promise as an efficient way to monitor Spanish-speaking preschoolers' progress in language development in a narrative context. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.