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Effects of phonological awareness and phonological processing on language skills in 4- to 6-year old children with and without language delay

4~6세 일반아동 및 언어발달지연 아동의 음운인식 및 음운처리 능력이 언어 능력에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Shinyoung (Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Son, Jinkyeong (Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Yim, Dongsun (Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University)
  • 김신영 (이화여자대학교 언어병리학과) ;
  • 손진경 (이화여자대학교 언어병리학과) ;
  • 임동선 (이화여자대학교 언어병리학과)
  • Received : 2019.10.31
  • Accepted : 2020.01.16
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

Phonological awareness is a metalinguistic awareness ability of phonology and is known to predict language skills, such as reading and vocabulary skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between phonological awareness, phonological processing, and language skills in 4- to 6-years-old typically developing (TD) children and children with language delay (LD). A total of 32 children (TD=18, LD=15) participated in this study. They performed a phonological awareness task consisting of counting, deletion, and discrimination at syllable level. Nonword Repetition, Digit Backward, Receptive & Expressive Vocabulary Test, and Grammaticality Judgment Task were performed to analyze the correlation between phonological awareness, phonological processing, and language ability. A multiple stepwise regression analysis was performed to examine the phonological awareness subtasks that predict language ability. In the TD group, the syllable categorization task significantly predicted the receptive vocabulary and the performance of the Grammaticality Judgment Task. The LD group showed that the syllable counting task significantly predicted the receptive vocabulary, the expressive vocabulary, and the performance of the Grammaticality Judgment Task. The results showed that the phonological awareness performance was significantly different between the two groups. Further, correlation analysis and regression analysis showed different results for each group. The result of the phonological awareness performance predicted the language ability of each group significantly, suggesting the importance of the meta-linguistic awareness ability of phonology.

음운인식은 음운론 영역의 상위언어인식 능력으로, 읽기 및 어휘력 등의 언어능력을 예측하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 음운인식 능력과 기타 음운처리 능력, 그리고 언어능력 간의 관계를 일반아동 집단과 언어발달지연 아동 집단 간 비교를 통해 살펴보고자 하였다. 4~6세의 언어발달지연 아동(n=15)과 일반아동(n=18)을 대상으로 음운인식 능력을 평가하기 위하여 음절수세기, 음절탈락, 음절변별 과제를 실시하였다. 또한 비단어 따라말하기, 숫자 거꾸로 회상하기의 두 가지 음운처리 과제와 수용 및 표현어휘력, 문법성판단 과제와의 상관관계를 분석하고, 언어능력을 예측하는 음운인식 하위과제가 무엇인지 검토하였다. 음운인식 하위과제 중 음절수세기를 제외한 음절탈락, 음절변별 과제 수행력의 집단 간 차이가 유의하였다. 또한 일반아동 집단은 음절탈락과 숫자 거꾸로 회상하기, 음절변별과 수용어휘력 과제 수행력 간 상관관계가 유의하였으며, 언어발달지연 아동 집단은 음절수세기 과제와 숫자 거꾸로 회상하기, 수용어휘력, 표현어휘력, 문법성판단 과제의 수행력 간 상관관계가 유의하였다. 그리고 단계적 중다회귀분석 결과 일반아동 집단은 음절변별 과제가 수용어휘력 및 문법성판단 과제 수행력을 유의하게 예측하는 것으로 나타났으며, 언어발달지연 아동 집단은 음절수세기 과제가 수용어휘력, 표현어휘력, 문법성판단 과제 수행력을 유의하게 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. 언어발달지연 아동 집단은 일반아동 집단에 비해 음절수세기를 제외한 나머지 음절 수준의 음운인식 과제의 수행력이 저조하였으며, 이러한 특징이 상관관계 분석 및 회귀분석 결과에도 반영되었다. 또한 각 집단에서 음운인식 과제 수행력이 언어능력을 유의하게 예측하는 것으로 나타난 결과는 음운론 영역의 상위언어인식 능력의 중요성을 시사한다.

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