A Factor Analysis of Oral Communication Skills in Older Children

Marge, Michael

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“…In the domain of speaking, factors of fluency and skill in speech performance have been established by Carroll (1941), Marge (1964), and Taylor, Smith, Ghiselin, Sheets, and Cochran (1958). Marge In the domain of listening comprehension, Spearritt (1962) was able to isolate a factor of listening comprehension which is distinct from the verbal knowledge factor found in written tests.…”

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“…For other discussions, the reader may be referred to writings by Vernon (1950) and Carroll (1962). Vernon Marge (1964), and Taylor, Smith, Ghiselin, Sheets, and Cochran (1958 In the domain of listening comprehension, Spearritt (1962) was able to isolate a factor of listening comprehension which is distinct from the verbal knowledge factor found in written tests. Although the listening comprehension and verbal knowledge factors were to some extent correlated, this was doubtless because both depend on the individual's knowledge of vocabulary and language structure.…”

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“…The fact that Steer and Drexler (1960) were able to find multiple correlations in the neighborhood of .50 between articulation tests administered to a sample of kindergarten children and an articulation test administered five years later suggests that there is some developmental consistency in articulation ability. Marge (1964), in a study employing mostly fifth-grade children, found a factor Voice Quality, that was defined in part by ratings both by teachers and by speech specialists of the children's distinctness of pronunciation ("articulation") in ordinary conversation and in speech tests. "Apparently," Marge noted, "the raters and teachers perceive pleasant voices in~ndividuals who articulate well, pronounce correctly, and speak fluently.…”

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“…Ability to avoid the production of "garbles" is possibly. associated with the factor Non-Distracting Speech Behavior isolated by Marge (1964).…”

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Development of Native Language Skills Beyond the Early Years

Carroll¹

1968

ETS Research Bulletin Series

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This chapter, prepared for a volume on Language Learning to be published by the National Council of Teachers of English, is a review of the development of language competence and performance skills beyond the years of primary language acqu~sition, i.e., from about the first grade on. First, development of specific skills relating to phonology, syntax, and vocabulary is reviewed, and then attention shifts to the development of "integrated skills ll :listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis is put on identifying dimens~ons of individual d~fferences in rates of growth and development. Although a substantial degree of basic competence in the rules of the native language is attained by the normal child at school entry age, development is by no means complete at that time. In many aspects of language skill, development continues throughout the years of schooling and to a lesser extent throughout adult life In adult populations, there are enormous individual differences in nearly all aspects of language skill. Gaps in our knowledge of factors in development are pointed out DEVELOPMENT OF NATIVE LANGUAGE SKILIS BEYOND THE EARLY YEARS I

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