Narrative Skills in Adolescents with a History of SLI in Relation to Non-Verbal IQ Scores

Autor/inn/en	Wetherell, Danielle; Botting, Nicola; Conti-Ramsden, Gina
Titel	Narrative Skills in Adolescents with a History of SLI in Relation to Non-Verbal IQ Scores
Quelle	In: Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 23 (2007) 1, S.95-113 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-6590
Schlagwörter	Story Telling; Adolescents; Standardized Tests; Intelligence Quotient; Language Aptitude; Language Impairments; Oral Language; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Processes; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Intelligenzquotient; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Denkfähigkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	There is a debate about whether the language of children with primary language disorders and normal cognitive levels is qualitatively different from those with language impairments who have low or borderline non-verbal IQ (NVIQ). As children reach adolescence, this distinction may be even harder to ascertain, especially in naturalistic settings. Narrative may provide a useful, ecologically valid way in which to assess the language ability of adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI) who have intact or lowered NVIQ and to determine whether there is any discernable difference in every day language. Nineteen adolescents with a history of SLI completed two narrative tasks: a story telling condition and a conversational condition. Just under half the group (n = 8) had non-verbal IQs of 85. The remaining 11 had NVIQs in the normal range or above. Four areas of narrative (productivity, syntax, cohesion and performance) were assessed. There were no differences between the groups on standardized tests of language. However, the group with low NVIQ were poorer on most aspects of narrative, suggesting that cognitive level is important, even when language is the primary disorder. The groups showed similar patterns of differences between story telling and conversational narrative. It was concluded that adolescents with a history of SLI and poor cognitive levels have poorer narrative skills than those with normal range NVIQ even though these may not be detected by standardized assessment. Their difficulties present as qualitatively similar to those with normal range NVIQ and narratives appear impoverished rather than inaccurate. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10