Reliability and Validity of Four Arabic Language Tests: A Comparison of Performance of Qatari School-Aged Children with and without Language Impairment

Autor/in	Shaalan, Saleh
Titel	Reliability and Validity of Four Arabic Language Tests: A Comparison of Performance of Qatari School-Aged Children with and without Language Impairment
Quelle	In: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2 (2017) 1, S.20-48 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2490-4198
Schlagwörter	Test Validity; Test Reliability; Language Tests; Expressive Language; Semitic Languages; Vocabulary Skills; Language Impairments; Clinical Diagnosis; Foreign Countries; Language Acquisition; Child Language; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Nonverbal Ability; Cognitive Development; Young Children; Sentences; Qatar; Test of Nonverbal Intelligence; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Language test; Sprachtest; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Aktiver Wortschatz; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Ausland; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Katar
Abstract	This study describes the reliability and validity of four language tests: The Sentence Comprehension Test (SCT), the Expressive Language Test (ELT), the Sentence Repetition Test (SRT), and the Arabic Picture Vocabulary Test (APVT). These tests were administered to two groups of Qatari Arabic-speaking children: A typically developing group (n=81 to 88) aged 4.6-9.4 years old and a chronologically age-matched group with specific language impairment (SLI) (n=26). The results of the four language tests showed high levels of reliability and validity and support the usefulness of these tools to diagnose children with SLI, whose performance on the tests was mostly consistent with findings in other languages. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01