Preschool Language Assessment Instrument, second edition, in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children

PURPOSE: To present a brief report on the initial results of the application of Preschool Language Assessment Instrument, second edition, in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children.METHODS: The study included 300 children with typical language development, from both genders, aged from 3 to 5 years and 11 months, as proposed by the original test version. After translation, back-translation, and adaptation of the second edition of the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument, the instrument was administered to investigate the receptive and expressive language skills.RESULTS: There was a significant difference between the average gross scores of the three groups for both "receptive" and "expressive" language skills, and a growing tendency of scores according to age.CONCLUSION: After analysis, we found that versions translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese speakers allow one to evaluate and discriminate the performance of children in receptive and expressive language skills, according to age group, as well as the original version.

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Main Authors: Lindau,Tâmara Andrade, Rossi,Natalia Freitas, Giacheti,Célia Maria
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia 2014
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822014000400328
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