Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2013 Mar-Apr;48(2):160-71. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12010. Epub 2013 Jan 28.
Young children are often required to carry out writing tasks in an educational context. However, little is known about the patterns of writing skills that children with specific language impairment (CwSLI) have relative to their typically developing peers.
To assess the written language skills of CwSLI and compare these with typically developing peers. It also aimed to assess the relative contributions of reading and spelling skills to written language skills.
METHODS & PROCEDURES: Forty-five children took part in the study: 15 were CwSLI, 15 were a chronological age match and 15 were a spelling age match. The children took part in a range of tasks that assessed writing, reading and spelling abilities.
OUTCOMES & RESULTS: In their written language and compared with typical age-matched peers, CwSLI used a significantly less diverse range of words, had lower quality written compositions overall, and lower levels of organization, unity and coherence. They also had a higher proportion of spelling errors. Overall, writing skills were strongly associated with reading skills.
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: The findings demonstrate the challenges CwSLI have in producing good-quality written text and that these challenges are likely to be related to the linguistic skills profile shown by these children.
在教育环境中，年幼的孩子经常需要进行写作任务。然而，对于特定语言障碍（CwSLI）儿童相对于其典型发展同龄人具有的写作技能模式，我们知之甚少。
评估 CwSLI 的书面语言技能，并将这些技能与典型发展同龄人进行比较。还旨在评估阅读和拼写技能对书面语言技能的相对贡献。
共有 45 名儿童参加了这项研究：15 名是 CwSLI，15 名是年龄匹配的儿童，15 名是拼写年龄匹配的儿童。儿童参加了一系列评估写作、阅读和拼写能力的任务。
在他们的书面语言中，与典型年龄匹配的同龄人相比，CwSLI 使用的词汇范围明显较少，整体写作质量较低，组织、统一性和连贯性水平较低。他们的拼写错误比例也更高。总体而言，写作技能与阅读技能密切相关。
研究结果表明，CwSLI 在创作高质量书面文本方面存在挑战，这些挑战可能与这些儿童表现出的语言技能特征有关。
