ERIC Number: EJ1251159
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Using General Language Performance Measures to Assess Grammar Learning
Eisenberg, Sarita L.
Topics in Language Disorders, v40 n2 p135-148 Apr-Jun 2020
Grammar is an important goal area for children with language impairment. The current article considers the use of General Language Performance Measures (GLPMs) to assess outcomes for this basic goal area and for 3 intermediate grammar goals that contribute to children's developing ability to construct increasingly longer and more complex sentences: production of word combinations, production of sentences with required and optional constituents, and production of complex sentences. These goals are very important because they address a significant deficit area for children with language impairment and enable these children to increase the informativeness of their utterances. Using GLPMs in addition to session data and probes enables speech-language pathologists to determine whether these forms are being incorporated into conversational speech.
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Impairments, Performance Based Assessment, Language Acquisition, Goal Orientation, Language Fluency
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Language: English
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