Keywords
Children, language impariment, language similar peers
Abstract
This study examined the ability of 6 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages 8:10 to 12:5 (years; months), to participate in a group negotiation task. Each child interacted with two peers to select toys that children their age would enjoy. Performance was compared to both chronological age-similar (CS) peers and language similar (LS) peers performing the same task. Analyses of the resulting interactions indicated that subjects with SLI produced significantly fewer utterances than the other children in the triad. Similar differences were not observed in the CS or LS triads. Additionally, significantly fewer utterances were addressed to the children with SLI than to the other children in their triad. CS and LS triads produced much more balanced interactions, with differences in the number of utterances addressed to each child failing to reach significance.
Original Publication Citation
Fujiki, M., Brinton, B., Robinson, L., & Watson, V. (1997). The ability of children with specific language impairment to participate in a group decision task. Journal of Children’s Communication Development, 18, 1-10.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Robinson, Lee; Fujiki, Martin; Brinton, Bonnie; and Watson, Valyne J., "The Ability of Children with Specific Language Impairment to Participate in a Group Decision Task" (1997). Faculty Publications. 7568.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7568
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
Journal of Children's Communication Development
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Communication Disorders
Copyright Status
®1997 The Division for Children's Communication Development
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