title: Verbal communication skills in typical language development: a case series.
abstract: The aim of the current study was to investigate verbal communication skills in children with typical language development and ages between 6 and 8 years. Participants were 10 children of both genders in this age range without language alterations. A 30-minute video of each child's interaction with an adult (father and/or mother) was recorded, fully transcribed, and analyzed by two trained researchers in order to determine reliability. The recordings were analyzed according to a protocol that categorizes verbal communicative abilities, including dialogic, regulatory, narrative-discursive, and non-interactive skills. The frequency of use of each category of verbal communicative ability was analyzed (in percentage) for each subject. All subjects used more dialogical and regulatory skills, followed by narrative-discursive and non-interactive skills. This suggests that children in this age range are committed to continue dialog, which shows that children with typical language development have more dialogic interactions during spontaneous interactions with a familiar adult.
authors.forename: Camila Mayumi
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Andreza Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bretanha
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozza
authors.forename: Gyovanna Junya Klinke
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Simone Aparecida
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lopes-Herrera
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014743:Videotape Recording