title: The oral core vocabulary of typically developing English-speaking school-aged children: implications for AAC practice.
abstract: This study analyzes the core vocabulary used by typically developing school-aged English-speaking children in the United States while participating in a variety of school activities. The language of typically developing children, some of whom spoke English as a second language was recorded, transcribed and analyzed to identify the most frequently used words across samples. An inventory of oral core vocabulary of typically developing school-aged children resulted from this analysis. This inventory can be used as a source list for vocabulary selection for school-aged children with AAC needs. Implications for vocabulary selection are discussed.
authors: Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany.
authors: Jens
authors: J
authors: Boenisch
authors: Gloria
authors: G
authors: Soto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D014825:Vocabulary
keywords: AAC; Core Vocabulary; School-aged Students; Vocabulary Selection