A Longitudinal Study of Language and Speech in Children Who Were Internationally Adopted at Different Ages

Autor/in	Glennen, Sharon
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Language and Speech in Children Who Were Internationally Adopted at Different Ages
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 45 (2014) 3, S.185-203 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/2014_LSHSS-13-0035
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Adoption; English; Language Proficiency; Age Differences; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Articulation (Speech); Norm Referenced Tests; Children; Language Acquisition; Scores; Syntax; Foreign Countries; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; English language; Englisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Europa
Abstract	Purpose: The author followed 56 internationally adopted children during the first 3 years after adoption to determine how and when they reached age-expected language proficiency in Standard American English. The influence of age of adoption was measured, along with the relationship between early and later language and speech outcomes. Method: Children adopted from Eastern Europe at ages 12 months to 4 years, 11 months, were assessed 5 times across 3 years. Norm-referenced measures of receptive and expressive language and articulation were compared over time. In addition, mean length of utterance (MLU) was measured. Results: Across all children, receptive language reached age-expected levels more quickly than expressive language. Children adopted at ages 1 and 2 "caught up" more quickly than children adopted at ages 3 and 4. Three years after adoption, there was no difference in test scores across age of adoption groups, and the percentage of children with language or speech delays matched population estimates. MLU was within the average range 3 years after adoption but significantly lower than other language test scores. Conclusions: Three years after adoption, age of adoption did not influence language or speech outcomes, and most children reached age-expected language levels. Expressive syntax as measured by MLU was an area of relative weakness. (As Provided).
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