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Language and social behaviour in severely educationally subnormal children.

M Beveridge, J Spencer, P Mittler

    The British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
    |February 1, 1978
    PubMed
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    As children age, they initiate more social interactions, particularly verbal ones with peers. This finding supports using observational methods to assess language development in children.

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    Area of Science:

    • Child Development
    • Developmental Psychology
    • Language Acquisition

    Background:

    • Social interaction is crucial for child development.
    • Understanding the progression of social communication skills is essential for assessing language abilities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between age and the initiation of social interactions in a classroom setting.
    • To identify changes in verbal and non-verbal interaction patterns with increasing age.
    • To support the use of observational techniques for language assessment.

    Main Methods:

    • Observational study during classroom free-play periods.
    • Data collection focused on the initiation of child-child and child-teacher interactions.
    • Categorization of interactions into verbal and non-verbal types.

    Main Results:

    • A strong positive correlation was found between age and the number of initiated social interactions.
    • Verbally initiated child-child interactions showed the most significant increase with age.
    • Verbally initiated child-teacher interactions also increased with age, but to a lesser extent.
    • No significant age-related changes were observed in non-verbal interaction initiations.

    Conclusions:

    • Age is a significant factor in the development of social interaction initiation skills.
    • Observational methods are valuable for assessing productive language skills, especially in populations like mentally handicapped school children.
    • The findings highlight the growing importance of verbal communication in peer interactions as children mature.

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