Efficacy of using simile completion tasks as a measure to evaluate the figurative language abilities in adolescents aged between 10-15 years

Abstract

BackgroundLearning language is synergistic in nature and the process of its development starts early in human life. Although majority of language development occurs in the infant through preschool years, development continues throughout adolescence. The Centers for Disease Control and EFFICACY OF USING SIMILE COMPLETION TASKS AS A MEASURE TO EVALUATE THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ABILITIES IN ADOLOSCENTS AGED BETWEEN 10-15 YEARS

Estimating the Pragmatic Language Abilities in Indian Adolescents between 10 and 16 Years of Age: Using Contextually Flooded Visual Scenes

“…Based on the results of the Kruskal-Wallis test, a good level of significance was obtained, indicating that there was a change in the pragmatic perception and performance of the PCE parameter. This developmental change is supported by a study done byKaruppali and Bhat (2014) who studied the figurative language of older adolescents of the age groups 10-16 years, using similes and found an increase in the performance of the adolescents with age; thereby,…”

“…School teachers, who play a major role in determining the academic potential of the child, were given a questionnaire to select suitable participants. Screening for speech, language, hearing, and cognitive issues were done using a standardized checklist (Karuppali & Bhat, 2014). Participants who fit into the selection criteria were considered for the study.…”

“…The 10 age is supported by Karuppali and Bhat (2014) who studied older adolescents between 10 and 16 years of age, using similes to measure the figurative language. The authors found an increase in the performance of the adolescents with age; thereby, exhibiting a developmental pattern.…”

“…There has been an increased focus on the development of valid standardized tests (Wiig & Secord, 1989), and using more descriptive and naturalistic assessment procedures (Damico, 1993). Tasks such as structured interviews (Selman, Beardslee, Schultz, Krupa, & Podorefsky, 1986), generation of figurative expressions (Karuppali & Bhat, 2014;Nelsen & Rosenbaum, 1972), production of spoken and written discourse (Berman & Verhoeven, 2002;Karuppali, Babu, & Bhat, 2017;Vieiro & Garcia-Madruga, 1997), and story narration (Appose & Karuppali, 2018) have repeatedly indicated older adolescents display better performances compared to younger ones.…”

Determining Language Production Abilities in Indian Adolescents between 10 and 16 Years of Age: Using a Conversational based Task

“…Moreover, in order to maintain uniformity in testing, English, which is commonly used in the Indian education system and which gets introduced as early as 6 years of age, was the only language assessed. The exclusion criteria included participants who had a history of speech, language, cognitive, and hearing deficits, and/or a history of transfer from more than one school, shift in the medium of instruction, or academic failures (Karuppali & Bhat, 2014).…”