Predicting the Quality of Composition and Written Language Bursts From Oral Language, Spelling, and Handwriting Skills in Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment
Predicting the Quality of Composition and Written Language Bursts From Oral Language, Spelling, and Handwriting Skills in Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment
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DOI：
10.1177/0741088312451109
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Critten, Sarah
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作者：
Connelly, Vincent;Dockrell, Julie E.;Critten, Sarah
作家的写作通常是断断续续的。在这篇文章中，作者研究了33名11岁患有特殊语言障碍的儿童的书面语言爆发。将特殊语言障碍儿童与年龄匹配的正常发育儿童（n = 33）和年龄更小、语言技能匹配的儿童（n = 33）进行比较，发现写作爆发是区分写作能力的关键因素。在一个定时的写作任务中，所有的孩子都产生了相同数量的写作爆发。有特殊语言障碍的儿童在每次爆发中产生的单词数量比年龄匹配组短，但与语言技能匹配组相同。对于所有组，拼写准确性和手写速度是显著预测突发长度和文本质量。拼写错误时停顿的频率与较短的停顿有关。这些结果为Hayes的文本生成模型提供了支持；也就是说，片段长度受到语言和转录技巧的限制。
Writers typically produce their writing in bursts. In this article, the authors examine written language bursts in a sample of 33 children aged 11 years with specific language impairment. Comparisons of the children with specific language impairment with an age-matched group of typically developing children (n = 33) and a group of younger, language skill-matched children (n = 33) revealed the role of writing bursts as a key factor in differentiating writing competence. All the children produced the same number of writing bursts in a timed writing task. Children with specific language impairment produced a shorter number of words in each burst than did the age-matched group but the same as the language skill-matched group. For all groups, spelling accuracy and handwriting speed were significant predictors of burst length and text quality. The frequency of pauses at misspellings was related to shorter bursts. These results offer support to Hayes's model of text generation; namely, burst length is constrained by language and transcription skills.