Error analysis
An Error analysis was carried out to identify the different responses given on the naming task
These are presented in the following table.
Table 5.7 Children’s responses in the naming task
|
Responses_________________ |
___________Description_____________________________ |
|
Don’t know |
If they did not provide any answer |
|
Irrelevant responses |
If irrelevant responses were given e.g. toy, kite, boat |
|
Phonological error |
Non-accurate production of the target word, e.g. “abo” |
|
Basic level word |
Use of a basic level word, e.gflute for abez and tent |
|
Superordinate level word |
Use of a superordinate word, e.g. instrument for abez |
|
Functional properties |
Mentionof Iunctionalproperties, e.g. Somethingyou |
|
Target word______________ |
Naming accurately the target word________________ |
The distribution of children’s responses for both post tests is presented in Table 5.8.
Children’s performance for both target words together is presented since their performance
did not differ by the target item.
Table 5.8 Children’s responses in the naming task in the immediate and delayed
_______________post tests_________________________________________________________________
|
Responses______________ |
Immediate post test |
Delayed post test | ||
|
% |
n_______ |
% |
n___________ | |
|
Don’t know |
33.8 |
130 |
44.3 |
170 |
|
Irrelevant responses |
1 |
4 |
2.6 |
10 |
|
Phonological error |
1.6 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
|
Functional properties |
2.3 |
9 |
5.7 |
22 |
|
Basic level word |
10.7 |
41 |
15.4 |
59 |
|
Superordinate level word |
2.9 |
11 |
3.4 |
13 |
|
Target word____________ |
47.6 |
183 |
22.6 |
87___________ |
|
N of responses___________ |
384 |
384__________ | ||
Successful performance was the more frequent response during the immediate post test as
well as the most frequent response from the given responses in the delayed post test.
Statistical analysis indicated that the children during the Immediate post test provided
significantly more “target word” than ''don ,t know'” responses (Wilcoxon: Z=2.5, p<.05),
while in the delayed post test they provided more “don ,t know” responses than “target