Khodeir Mona S, Hegazi Mona A, Saleh Marwa M
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2017;69(5-6):209-218. doi: 10.1159/000485656. Epub 2018 Mar 19.
The aim of this study was to standardize an Egyptian Arabic Pragmatic Language Test (EAPLT) using linguistically and socially suitable questions and pictures in order to be able to address specific deficits in this language domain.
Questions and pictures were designed for the EAPLT to assess 3 pragmatic language subsets: pragmatic skills, functions, and factors. Ten expert phoniatricians were asked to review the EAPLT and complete a questionnaire to assess the validity of the test items. The EAPLT was applied in 120 typically developing Arabic-speaking Egyptian children (64 females and 56 males) randomly selected by inclusion and exclusion criteria in the age range between 2 years, 1 month, 1 day and 9 years, 12 months, 31 days. Children's scores were used to calculate the means and standard deviations and the 5th and 95th percentiles to determine the age of the pragmatic skills acquisition.
All experts have mostly agreed that the EAPLT gives a general idea about children's pragmatic language development. Test-retest reliability analysis proved the high reliability and internal consistency of the EAPLT subsets. A statistically significant correlation was found between the test subsets and age.
The EAPLT is a valid and reliable Egyptian Arabic test that can be applied in order to detect a pragmatic language delay.
本研究的目的是使用语言和社会适用的问题及图片，规范埃及阿拉伯语语用语言测试（EAPLT），以便能够解决该语言领域的特定缺陷。
为EAPLT设计了问题和图片，以评估3个语用语言子集：语用技能、功能和因素。邀请了10位专家语音治疗师对EAPLT进行评审，并填写一份问卷以评估测试项目的有效性。EAPLT应用于120名发育正常的讲阿拉伯语的埃及儿童（64名女性和56名男性），这些儿童通过纳入和排除标准在2岁1个月1天至9岁12个月31天的年龄范围内随机选取。使用儿童的分数计算均值、标准差以及第5和第95百分位数，以确定语用技能获得的年龄。
所有专家大多一致认为，EAPLT能给出儿童语用语言发展的大致情况。重测信度分析证明了EAPLT子集的高信度和内部一致性。测试子集与年龄之间存在统计学上的显著相关性。
EAPLT是一种有效且可靠的埃及阿拉伯语测试，可用于检测语用语言延迟。
