Adaptation of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument Narrative Tool into Turkish for Evaluating Language Development

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1, 7 - 18, 30.04.2025

Pelin Piştav Akmeşe

Öz

A narrative is one of the most common verbal language expressions that the children use very often to express themselves. The analysis of the narrative provides clinicians with detail information about how children’s language development. The aim of our project is to adapt The Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI) narrative instrument into Turkish language to evaluate language development of children. For this purpose, the Turkish Early Language Development Test (TEDIL) and ENNI were administered to A story set 356 and B story set 261 in children with typical development and 87 children with hearing loss aged between 4 and 8 years. Data taken from language sample convert to transcription first by using language sample analysis program and then data were analysed with SPSS 24.0 package program. As a result of the study, the ENNI Narrative Instrument was adapted into Turkish, and a database was created for typically developing children in the A and B story sets and for children with hearing loss in the A story set.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Narrative , language development , analysis of language transcripts , ENNI

Proje Numarası

SGA-20717

Dil Gelişimini Değerlendirmede Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument Öyküleme Aracının Türkçeye Uyarlanması

Öz

Çocukların kendini ifade etmek için en sık kullandığı sözel dili ifade biçimlerinden biri öykülerdir. Öykülerin analizi uzmanlara çocukların dil gelişimine ilişkin ayrıntılı bilgi sağlar. Çalışmanın amacı anadili Türkçe olan çocukların dil gelişimlerini değerlendirmede The Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI) öyküleme aracının Türkçeye uyarlanmasıdır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, 4;0-8;0 yaşları arasındaki tipik gelişim gösteren 356 çocuğa ENNI öyküleme aracının A öykü seti ve 261 çocuğa B öykü seti, 87 işitme kayıplı çocuğa A öykü seti ve Türkçe Erken Dil Gelişimi Testi (TEDİL) uygulanmıştır. Dil örneğinden alınan veriler öncelikle dil örneği analizi programı kullanılarak çevriyazıya dönüştürüldükten sonra SPSS 24.0 paket programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada ENNI Öyküleme Aracı Türkçeye uyarlanarak A ve B öykü setinde tipik gelişen ve A öykü setinde işitme kayıplı çocuklar için veri tabanı oluşturulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Öyküleme , dil gelişimi , dil örneği analizi , ENNI

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma için Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Kurulu 16.11.2018 tarih ve 85553214-050.06.04 karar numarası ile onay alınmıştır.

Destekleyen Kurum

Ege Üniversitesi

Proje Numarası

SGA-20717

Teşekkür

Teşekkür Bu çalışmanın büyük bir bölümü, XXX Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projesi tarafından desteklenen Proje Yürütücülüğü PPA tarafından yapılan SGA-20717 nolu proje ile desteklenmiştir. Ayrıca, çalışmaya katılan ailelere ve çocuklara, Ege Üniversitesi KBB ABD yüksek lisans tez öğrencilerine (Serap Kanmaz., Cansu Başkan Çelikli, Fadime Aybüke Kılıç, Beyza Akti ) özel teşekkürlerimi sunarım.

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