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Language sample collection and analysis: interview compared to freeplay assessment contexts.

J L Evans1, H K Craig

  • 1Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
|April 1, 1992
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Interviews effectively assess language skills in children with specific language impairment (SLI), yielding similar results to freeplay. This efficient method provides a reliable alternative for language disorder assessments.

Area of Science:

  • Speech and Language Pathology
  • Child Language Development
  • Clinical Linguistics

Background:

  • Assessing language disorders in children requires reliable and valid methods for obtaining spontaneous language samples.
  • Traditional freeplay contexts are common for language sampling but can be time-consuming.
  • The efficacy of interview contexts for language assessment in children with specific language impairment (SLI) needs further validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare spontaneous language samples elicited during freeplay and interview contexts in children with SLI.
  • To determine if interview contexts are a reliable and valid alternative for language assessment.
  • To evaluate the efficiency of interview contexts for language sampling in elementary school-aged children with language disorders.

Main Methods:

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  • Ten children diagnosed with specific language impairment (SLI) participated in the study.
  • Clinician-child interactions were videotaped during both freeplay and interview contexts.
  • Language samples were analyzed for structural and conversational linguistic behaviors.

Main Results:

  • The interview context elicited a similar behavioral profile to the freeplay context, maintaining diagnostic classifications.
  • Significantly more linguistic behaviors were observed during the interview compared to the freeplay context.
  • The interview context proved to be a reliable and valid method for language sampling.

Conclusions:

  • Interview contexts are a reliable and valid assessment tool for children with specific language impairment (SLI).
  • Interviews are an efficient alternative for language sampling, eliciting more behaviors than freeplay.
  • This method is suitable for assessing elementary school-aged children with language disorders.