The application of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to non-mainstream children

The application of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to non-mainstream children

This article focuses on the difficulties involved in diagnosing the communications of non-mainstream speakers within a South African context. Various alternatives are discussed whereby tests can be made more relevant to this population. The revised version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test is a...

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Main Authors: Erna Alant, S. M. Beukes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1986-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Online Access:https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/318
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spelling doaj-03b977426b5647e18d0f2758927b09652020-11-25T02:07:08ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47651986-12-0133110.4102/sajcd.v33i1.318221The application of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to non-mainstream childrenErna Alant0S. M. Beukes1Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of PretoriaDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of PretoriaThis article focuses on the difficulties involved in diagnosing the communications of non-mainstream speakers within a South African context. Various alternatives are discussed whereby tests can be made more relevant to this population. The revised version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test is applied to a group of Afrikaans-dialect speaking Coloured children in order to determine the merits if standardizing the test for population. The test results are correlated with the accuracy scores on a story. The findings indicate the feasibility if the standardization of the PPVT-R for this population.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/318
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