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KMID : 0894920100100020051
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Journal of the Korean Association for Persons with Autism
2010 Volume.10 No. 2 p.51 ~ p.64
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Features of Language Expression in light of Language Comprehension levels in Children with Autism
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Chung Bhu-Ja
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spontaneous utterances and echolalia in light of the different stages of receptive language development in children with autism. Twenty children with autism were divided into three groups according to their language comprehension abilities. Expressive language the children produced in natural settings while they interact with familiar adult for about two hours were sampled and analyzed. Each expression was coded as follows: Immediate echolalia, delayed echolalia, and spontaneous utterance. Data was collected on frequencies and transformed into percentages. As results, the relationship between groups in terms of language comprehension ages and frequency/percentage of spontaneous utterances showed significant differences. The group differences in frequency and percentage of echolalia utterances were not significant. As language comprehension age was increased, overall amount of spontaneous utterance was also increased. However, the amount of echolalia exhibit no changes.
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KEYWORD
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children with autism, language comprehension, receptive language, spontaneous utterance, echolalia
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