Jackson-Maldonado D, Thal D, Marchman V, Bates E, Gutierrez-Clellen V
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.
J Child Lang. 1993 Oct;20(3):523-49. doi: 10.1017/s0305000900008461.
This paper describes the early lexical development of a group of 328 normal Spanish-speaking children aged 0;8 to 2;7. First the development and structure of a new parent report instrument, Inventario del Desarollo de Habilidades Communicativas is described. Then five studies carried out with the instrument are presented. In the first study vocabulary development of Spanish-speaking infants and toddlers is compared to that of English-speaking infants and toddlers. The English data were gathered using a comparable parental report, the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. In the second study the general characteristics of Spanish language acquisition, and the effects of various demographic factors on that process, are examined. Study 3 examines the differential effects of three methods of collecting the data (mail-in, personal interview, and clinic waiting room administration). Studies 4 and 5 document the reliability and validity of the instrument. Results show that the trajectories of development are very similar for Spanish- and English-speaking children in this age range, that children from varying social groups develop similarly, and that mail-in and personal interview administration techniques produce comparable results. Inventories administered in a medical clinic waiting room, on the other hand, produced lower estimates of toddler vocabulary than the other two models.
本文描述了328名年龄在0;8至2;7岁之间、以西班牙语为母语的正常儿童的早期词汇发展情况。首先介绍了一种新的家长报告工具——《沟通能力发展量表》（Inventario del Desarollo de Habilidades Communicativas）的开发和结构。然后展示了使用该工具进行的五项研究。在第一项研究中，将以西班牙语为母语的婴幼儿的词汇发展情况与以英语为母语的婴幼儿进行了比较。英语数据是通过类似的家长报告——《麦克阿瑟沟通发展量表》（MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories）收集的。在第二项研究中，考察了西班牙语习得的一般特征以及各种人口统计学因素对这一过程的影响。研究3考察了三种数据收集方法（邮寄、个人访谈和在诊所候诊室进行）的不同效果。研究4和5记录了该工具的信度和效度。结果表明，在这个年龄范围内，以西班牙语和英语为母语的儿童的发展轨迹非常相似，不同社会群体的儿童发展情况相似，并且邮寄和个人访谈管理技术产生的结果相当。另一方面，在医疗诊所候诊室进行的量表评估得出的幼儿词汇量估计值低于其他两种模式。
