Syntactic abilities in youth with speech and language development disorders

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the syntactic abilities of youth with disorders in language development, compared to youth with typical development. The sample consisted of 77 respondents, from the fifth through the eighth grade, in the developmental stage of early adolescence. The Test on the ability of describing pictures was used for the assessment of syntactic abilities. The results showed that young people with speech and language development disorders have less developed syntactic abilities in comparison with youth with typical development. At the same time, a correlation in achievement on the Test of Syntactic Skills and a grade in the school subject Serbian Language and Literature was showed.

Cilj ovog rada je da se utvrde sintaksičke sposobnosti mladih sa poremećajima u jezičkom razvoju u poređenju sa mladima tipičnog razvoja. Uzorak je činilo 77 ispitanika od petog do osmog razreda, koji pripadaju periodu rane adolescencije. Za procenu sintaksičkih sposobnosti primenjen je Test za ispitivanje sposobnosti opisivanja slika. Rezultati su pokazali da mladi sa poremećajima u govornom i jezičkom razvoju imaju slabije razvijene sintaksičke sposobnosti u poređenju sa mladima tipičnog razvoja. Istovremeno je pokazana povezanost postignuća na testu sintaksičkih sposobnosti i ocene iz nastavnog predmeta Srpski jezik i književnost.