Average Language Skills Research Articles

PEMBELAJARAN KETERAMPILAN BERBAHASA PRODUKTIF BERBASIS COOPERATIVE LEARNING: SEBUAH EKSPERIMEN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BRAIN DAN INVESTIGASI KELOMPOK

(Title: Learning Productive Language Skills Based on Cooperative Learning: AnExperiment of Brain Learning Models and Group Investigation). Course learning outcome (CPMK) provides clear direction for the learning process. In addition, it provides a real picture of actions and teaching and learning behavior for university students and lecturers. The learning processes and events that are interesting, fun, innovative, and creative will have a positive effect on the achievement of learning objectives. The statement indirectly requires lecturers to design and implement interesting learning models. The facts show that there are many learning models applied by lecturers that are not in accordance with the specified learning outcomes. The learning achievement of productive language skills (KBP) requires university students to be able to produce scientific papers published in the form of academic seminars. This demand has implications for the teacher’s obligation to prepare an interesting, effective, and fun learning model. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the BRAIN learning model on Productive Language Skills. This research was conducted at the Nusantara PGRI Kediri University in the odd semester of the 2019/2020 academic year with a sample of 62 students. The group was divided into 2 namely experiment and control. The experimental group used the BRAIN model and the control class used the Group Investigation model. The results showed that there were differences in the average language skills of students between the experimental class and the control class. If viewed from the KBP, the experimental class has an average value of 65.29 which is better than the control class of 63.88.Keywords: Brain Model, Group Investigation Model, Productive Language Skill

PERBEDAAN KETERAMPILAN BERBAHASA PRODUKTIF MAHASISWA DITINJAU DARI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BRAIN DAN INVESTIGASI KELOMPOK

Coourse learning outcome (CPMK) provide clear direction for the learning process. In addition, it provides a real picture of actions and teaching and learning behavior for univercity students and lecturs.The learning processes and events that are interesting, fun, innovative, and creative will have a positive effec on the echievement of learning objectives. The statement indirectly requires lectures to design and implement intesting learning models. Facts in the fieldshow that there are many learning models applied by lecturers that are not in accordance with the specified learning outcomes. The learning achievement of produktive language skills (KBP) requires univercity students to be able to produce scientific papers are published in the form of academic seminars. This demand has implications for the teacher's obligation to prepare an interesting, effective, and fun learning model. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the BRAIN learning model on Productive Language Skills. This research was conducted at the Nusantara PGRI Kediri University in the odd semester of the 2019/2020 academic year with a sample of 62 students. The group was divided into 2 namely experiment and control. The experimental group used the BRAIN model and the control class used the Group Investigation model. The results showed that there were differences in the average language skills of students between the experimental class and the control class. If viewed from the KBP, the experimental class has an average value of 65.29 which is better than the control class of 63.88.

The complexity of knowledge sharing in multilingual corporations: evidence from agent-based simulations

This article discusses the possibility of adopting a complexity theory approach to the study of language policy and planning (LPP). Besides, it argues that agent-based modelling provides a significant support in this sense. Indeed, while agent-based modelling has become a major ally of researchers in the social sciences, it remains largely unexploited in the study of language-related issues in society. As a central tool of complexity theory, agent-based models (ABMs) lend themselves particularly well to the study of all sorts of complex systems. To provide justification for the use of ABMs in LPP, I show how language issues display the typical traits of complex systems and how ABMs can easily translate ideas and notions from the literature into computer-simulated processes. To support my argument, I discuss communication within multinational corporations as an example of a highly complex language matter. In particular, I focus on how language skills impact the process of knowledge creation and knowledge sharing among employees. By means of a model based on a number of straightforward rules, I show how poor language skills (or an utter lack thereof) risks creating an unbalanced distribution of knowledge (and, consequently, of power) across language groups and how this unbalanced distribution is very sensitive to initial conditions. On the contrary, average language skills seem to support communication well enough to avoid skews that favour even slightly more numerous language groups.

Effectiveness of ABA Therapy for Children with Special Needs of Autism: A Study of Psycholinguistics View

The background of this study is the recognition of an expert consultant psychiatrist named dr. Suzy Yusna SpKJ, who stated in our interview that based on the experience of practice before the 1990's the number of patients who were diagnosed as a child with autistic disorder in a year is only about five people. However, at this time of day can be diagnosed, three new patients. This shows a significant increase in autism. This study aims to describe (1) the effectiveness of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy model to increase autistic children's language; and (2) language development of children with autism after acquiring learning methods ABA therapy. This research method is descriptive research. The study takes its source data from children with special needs at Rumah Autis Bogor. Five children were selected as the research participants. We conclude that Lovaas’ ABA method to prove the effectiveness of these therapies through phases and methods. Therapists who are experts in this field also helped determine the success in measuring the response level of language learning for children with autism. Thus, effective ABA therapy model applied in improving the language of children with autism. Before the ABA method is applied, the average child's ability to speak to one type of vocabulary requires learning four to five times (four and five days) with bad judgment and poor. However, after being given an action, then the average language skills of children with autism increased by only one or two lessons (one and two days) with the excellent score.

Teachers’ Literal and Inferential Talk in Early Childhood and Special Education Classrooms

ABSTRACTResearch Findings: This study examined preschool teachers’ literal talk (LT) and inferential talk (IT) during shared book readings in early childhood education (ECE) and early childhood special education (ECSE) classrooms. We aimed to characterize and compare teachers’ LT and IT in these 2 classroom contexts and determine whether differences in LT and IT are predicted by classroom type, teachers’ educational background, or children’s average language skills. We examined the shared book reading activities of 52 teachers (26 ECE classrooms, 26 ECSE classrooms). Results revealed that ECSE teachers used significantly more LT and showed more variability in their LT and IT than ECE teachers. ECSE classroom type predicted teachers’ use of LT when we controlled for teacher education and children’s language skills, whereas teacher education predicted teachers’ use of IT when we controlled for classroom type and children’s language skills. Practice or Policy: These findings have implications for best practice guidelines and policies, particularly for ECSE environments.

Peer Effects in Early Childhood Education

There has been a push in recent years for students with disabilities to be educated alongside their typically developing peers, a practice called inclusion. In this study, we sought to determine whether peer effects operate within early-childhood special-education (ECSE) classrooms in which preschoolers with disabilities are educated alongside typical peers. Peer effects specific to language growth were assessed for 670 preschoolers (mean age = 52 months) in 83 ECSE classrooms; 55% of the children had disabilities. We found that the average language skills of classmates, as assessed in the fall of the year, significantly predicted children’s language skills in the spring (after controlling for their relative skill level in the fall); in addition, there was a significant interactive effect of disability status (i.e., the presence or absence of a disability) and peers’ language skills. Peer effects were the least consequential for children without disabilities whose classmates had relatively strong language skills, and the most consequential for children with disabilities whose classmates had relatively poor language skills.

The cultural appropriateness and diagnostic usefulness of standardized language assessments for Indigenous Australian children

Speech-language pathologists experience uncertainty about how to interpret standardized assessment results for Indigenous Australian children. There are risks for inappropriate diagnosis: both over- and under-diagnosis of language impairment may occur due to a convergence of linguistic features which causes difficulty in distinguishing between impairment and difference. While the literature suggests that standardized assessments are inappropriate for Indigenous Australian children, there is an absence of empirical documentation to show how Indigenous children perform on standardized tests of language ability. This study examined the performance of 19 Indigenous Australian children, aged 8;01–13;08, from one school on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition, Australian Standardized Edition. Standardized scores were compared with teacher ratings of children's oral language skills. Analysis showed poor alignment between teacher ratings and language assessment, and assessment scores were negatively influenced by features of Aboriginal English. Children rated with above average language skills presented with different linguistic profiles from the children rated with average and below average language abilities. The inappropriateness of current standardized language assessments for Indigenous children and the need for further research to guide appropriate assessment are discussed.

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The Relationship of Child Functioning to Parental Physical Assault: Linear and Curvilinear Models

Previous research suggests a curvilinear relationship between child disability and physical abuse, with children with mild impairments at greater risk than both children with severe impairments and superior functioning. Using a national probability sample of families investigated for maltreatment (N = 1675), this study tested for both linear and curvilinear relationships of child functioning to parental physical assault. Linear relationships were found between problem behaviors and minor and severe assault, and between social skills and minor assault: the more impaired the level of child functioning, the greater the risk. Curvilinear relationships were found in which children with mildly impaired or average language skills were at greater risk for minor assault than both children with severe impairment or above average and superior skills. Children with superior daily-living skills were at lower risk for severe assault than all other children. Implications for understanding processes underlying parental physical assault of children with impairments are discussed.

Relationship Between Speech-Sound Disorders and Early Literacy Skills in Preschool-Age Children: Impact of Comorbid Language Impairment

Disorders of articulation or speech-sound disorders (SSD) are common in early childhood. Children with these disorders may be at risk for reading difficulties because they may have poor auditory, phonologic, and verbal memory skills. We sought to characterize the reading and writing readiness of preschool children with SSD and identify factors associated with preliteracy skills. Subjects were 125 children aged 3 to 6 years with moderate to severe SSD; 53% had comorbid language impairment (LI). Reading readiness was measured with the Test of Early Reading Ability-2 (TERA) and writing skills with the Test of Early Written Language-2 (TEWL), which assessed print concept knowledge. Linear regression was used to examine the association between SSD severity and TERA and TEWL scores and analysis of variance to examine the effect of comorbid LI. Performance on a battery of speech and language tests was reduced by way of factor analysis to composites for articulation, narrative, grammar, and word knowledge skills. Early reading and writing scores were significantly lower for children with comorbid LI but were not related to SSD severity once language status was taken into account. Composites for grammar and word knowledge were related to performance on the TERA and TEWL, even after adjusting for Performance IQ. Below average language skills in preschool place a child at risk for deficits in preliteracy skills, which may have implications for the later development of reading disability. Preschool children with SSD and LI may benefit from instruction in preliteracy skills in addition to language therapy.

Language and communication difficulties in juvenile offenders

Studies of the prison population suggest that the numbers of prisoners with language and communication disorders is higher than that of the overall population. However, the prison population is heterogeneous and it is important to focus on specific areas of the population. This study focuses on juvenile offenders. The study aimed to screen language and communication skills in half the population of an establishment for juvenile offenders aged 15-17 years. A total of 58 participants were selected at random and screened on the oral subtests of the Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, 3rd Edn (TOAL-3), the British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS-II) and the Test for Reception of Grammar: Version 2 (TROG-2). Literacy and numeracy information was also obtained. The mean age of the group was 17 years; 19 were looked-after children; and 90% had ceased to attend school before age 16. On the TOAL-3 subtests, 66-90% of juvenile offenders in the sample had below average language skills, with 46-67% of these being in the poor or very poor group. None of the participants reached their age equivalence on the BPVS, but most of them reached the 12-year and above threshold on the TROG. A total of 62% of the sample had not achieved Level 1 in literacy. The findings suggest that these young people may not have the necessary skills to cope with verbally mediated interventions aimed at reducing re-offending. The results suggest that speech and language therapy assessment should be available to juvenile offenders with speech and language therapy intervention available to those found to have language and communication difficulties. There are also implications for speech and language therapy provision to young people who are not engaged within the education system. The TOAL-3 appears to be a useful screening instrument for this population, but a number of issues around the suitability of assessments for this population are discussed.

Interpretation and comprehension of linguistic humour by adolescents with head injury: a case-by-case analysis

The aim of the present study was to examine the linguistic humour abilities of a group of adolescents with head injury on a case-by-case basis. Nine adolescents with head injury aged between 12 years 1 month and 15 years 4 months, and nine individually matched adolescents aged between 12 years 1 month and 16 years 1 month were administered a humour test, a standard language battery, the CELF-3, and the Self-Esteem Index. The test of humour abilities required each subject to recognize and select an explanation from a group of three, as to what made each item funny. Items were based on morphological, semantic and syntactic humour elements. Examination of the individual profiles each subject with head injury illustrated the existence of variability between subjects representing three main trends: reduced humour abilities together with below average language skills; intact humour and language abilities in the presence of mild head injury; and impaired humour ability with concurrent language skills that are within normal limits. This third pattern supports previous studies, which have documented the occurrence of high-level language impairment while language abilities are intact. The present study emphasized the importance of investigating the abilities of individuals who have had head injury in childhood, within a developmental framework. This perspective serves to highlight the context of contributing aspects that impact on future language development and recovery of injury, such as the time that the injury occurred in a child's development, in addition to injury severity and the time that has elapsed post-injury.

Cognitive Development of Unselected Girls with Complete and Partial X Monosomy

The cognitive development of nine girls with 45,X and 45,X variant karyotypes, seven 45,X mosaics, and nine 46,XX control subjects (ages 8 to 17 years) followed since birth was evaluated. The nonmosaic group was slightly delayed in walking, had a moderately decreased full-scale and performance IQ, demonstrated a striking deficit in perceptual organization and fine motor execution, but had generally average language skills. Three nonmosaic girls with low intelligence were identified and one subject had above average intelligence. Intelligence was not correlated with the presence of physical stigmata. No obvious developmental differences were found between the three girls with 45,X variant, two with partial Xq deletions and one with a ring X chromosome, and the six girls with 45,X genotype. The 45,X mosaic group did not experience early developmental delays and was not significantly different from control subjects on any IQ score. A large amount of variability between subjects was noted, which could be partially attributed to family characteristics and socioeconomic conditions. Whereas this study corroborates previous findings of specific intellectual deficits in 45,X populations, it emphasizes the need for caution in estimating the cognitive development of any X and partial X monosomic infant.