Validity evidence for a sentence repetition test of Swiss German Sign Language.

Autor/inn/en	Haug, Tobias; Batty, Aaron Olaf; Venetz, Martin; Notter, Christa; Girard-Groeber, Simone; Knoch, Ute; Audeoud, Mireille
Titel	Validity evidence for a sentence repetition test of Swiss German Sign Language.
Quelle	In: Language testing, 37 (2020) 3, S. 412-434Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Abbildungen 2; Anmerkungen 2; Literaturangaben; Tabellen 7
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-5322; 1477-0946
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Validität; Satz (Ling); Gebärdensprache; Wiederholung; Schweiz
Abstract	In this study the authors seek evidence of validity according to the socio-cognitive framework for a new sentence repetition test (SRT) for young Deaf L1 Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS) users. SRTs have been developed for various purposes for both spoken and sign languages to assess language development in children. In order to address the need for tests to assess the grammatical development of Deaf L1 DSGS users in a school context, the authors developed an SRT. The test targets young learners aged 6-17 years, and the authors administered it to 46 Deaf students aged 6.92-17.33 (M = 11.17) years. In addition to the young learner data, they collected data from Deaf adults (N = 14) and from a sub-sample of the children (n = 19) who also took a test of DSGS narrative comprehension, serving as a criterion measure. The authors analyzed the data with many-facet Rasch modeling, regression analysis, and analysis of covariance. The results show evidence of scoring, criterion, and context validity, suggesting the suitability of the SRT for the intended purpose, and will inform the revision of the test for future use as an instrument to assess the sign language development of Deaf children. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2