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A Sentence Repetition Task in Spanish language: a valid tool for early language assessment

Natalia Bravo Cerro; Miguel Lázaro López-Villaseñor; Irene Rujas Pascual; Sonia Mariscal Altares

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/20232022164en CoDAS, vol.35, n5, e20220164, 2023
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Abstract

Purpose

Sentence Repetition Tasks (SRT) have been widely used to assess early language abilities in different languages and populations. In addition, it has been proved that performance in SRTs serve as a clinical marker to detect language difficulties. However, most of the research has been conducted in English language and with children older than 4 years of age. Despite this scarcity, [1] developed a SRT for monolingual Spanish-speaking children between 2 and 4 years of age. Initial findings showed that it is a useful tool for discriminating children with different linguistic levels. In addition, the task showed concurrent validity with a nonword repetition task. In the current study we want to explore the predictive validity of this task.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study including 20 monolingual Spanish-Speaking children who were tested twice, at 33 months of age and six months later. In addition to the SRT, participants completed a nonword repetition task [2] and the Spanish version of the Merrill-Palmer-R Developmental Scales [3].

Results

showed strong and positive relationships between the different tests when first assessed. We also found strong and predictive relationships between the SRT at time 1 and SRT and the Merrill-Palmer-R at time 2.

Conclusion

We conclude that the SRT developed [1] is a valid tool for examining early language abilities and its changes over time.

Keywords

Developmental Language Disorder; Early Language Assessment; Grammatical Development; Sentence Repetition; Specific Language Impairment; Nonword Repetition Task

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