ERIC Number: EJ946545
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Narrative Skills in Swedish Children with Language Impairment
Reuterskiold, Christina; Hansson, Kristina; Sahlen, Birgitta
Journal of Communication Disorders, v44 n6 p733-744 Nov-Dec 2011
This study investigated the development of narrative skills in Swedish children with language impairment between age 5 and age 10. Seventeen children with LI and two control groups of age peers with typical development participated in a picture elicited story telling task. Analyses included measures of story content, cohesion and grammar. Our subjects showed development in different areas from age 5 to 10, but they did not perform at the level of the controls at age 10 on number of different verbs used and percent grammatically correct C-units. We conclude that preschool children with LI develop in their narrative skills over time, but not to the level of their age-peers at age 10. Learning outcomes: The reader will be able to describe areas of vulnerability in Swedish-speaking children with language impairment in general, and related to narration in particular. Furthermore, the reader will be able to describe similarities in narrative skills between Swedish-speaking and English-speaking children with language impairment. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Story Telling, Language Impairments, Children, Verbs, Grammar, Swedish, English, Foreign Countries
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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