Title
Proposed standards for assessing language skills of adolescent students
Date Issued
2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lagos-Luciano J.
Andruske C.L.
Idme L.C.
Luarte-Rocha C.
Catholic University of Maule
Catholic University of Maule
Publisher(s)
T&K Academic
Abstract
The aim of the study was to validate an instrument and propose standards to measure the language skills of school adolescents. 2270 adolescents (1134 males and 1136 females) in the region of Maule (Chile) was studied. The age range is between 10 to 18 years. The validated instrument has three categories (verbal, paralinguistic and non-verbal) and a total of 26 items. The instrument showed to be valid after the exploratory analysis and Cronbach α (0.86 to 0.88) showed highly reliable values. The LMS method to develop percentiles, let p10, p50 and p90 calculated by age and sex. The instrument measures developed language skills valid and reliable also adopted cutoffs allow diagnose and adolescents by age and sex. These results suggest the use and application of the instrument as an everyday tool in social, cultural and educational contexts.
Start page
223
End page
232
Volume
12
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Lingüística
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078272082
Source
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
ISSN of the container
13079298
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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