Speech Act Comprehension and Production Skills: A Scale Development Study

Abstract

Language with its verbal and non-verbal components is a social phenomenon that has a significant impact on an individual's cognitive, academic, and socio-emotional development. Therefore, it can provide critical indicators for the social and emotional development of individuals, whether they are typically developing, have special needs, or are gifted. In this study, a performance-based scale was developed to evaluate the indirect speech act comprehension and production skills of children aged 8-14 years, based on speech acts, face, and politeness theories. As a result of the study, the Speech Act Comprehension and Production Skills Scale (SCPSS) was created, consisting of two forms. Each form includes two factors, comprehension and production, and nine items. Content, construct, and discriminant validity, as well as reliability analyses, were conducted for each form. The findings of the study demonstrated that both forms of the developed scale could be used to evaluate children's indirect speech act comprehension and production skills.

Keywords

• Listening and speaking
• indirect speech acts
• speech act comprehension
• speech act production
• scale development
• validity
• reliability

Sözeylem Anlama ve Üretim Becerisi: Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması

Abstract

Dil sözel ve sözel olmayan öğeleriyle bireyin bilişsel, akademik ve sosyal-duygusal gelişiminde önemli etkiye sahip sosyal bir olgudur. Dolayısıyla hem tipik hem özel gereksinimli hem de özel yetenekli bireylerin sosyal ve duygusal gelişimlerine ilişkin kritik göstergeler sunabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, sözeylem, yüz ve incelik kuramlarına dayalı olarak 8-14 yaş aralığındaki çocukların dolaylı sözeylem anlama ve üretme becerilerinin değerlendirilmesi için performansa dayalı bir ölçek geliştirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda Sözeylem Anlama ve Üretim Becerisi Ölçeği (SAÜBÖ) iki formdan oluşmuştur. Her bir formda anlama ve üretim olmak üzere iki faktör ve dokuzar madde yer almıştır. Her bir formun içerik, yapı ve ayırt edicilik geçerliliği ile güvenilirlik analizleri yapılmış ve çalışma bulguları geliştirilen ölçeğin her iki formunun da çocuklarda dolaylı sözeylem anlama ve üretme becerilerini değerlendirmede kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

• Dinleme ve konuşma
• dolaylı sözeylemler
• sözeylem anlama
• sözeylem üretme
• ölçek geliştirme
• geçerlilik
• güvenilirlik

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