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Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts’ (Salt) Transcribing Method and Narrative Assessment Protocol (Nap) Online Coding Method: Are They Interchangeable? Publisher Pubmed



Arabpour M1 ; Nakhshab M2, 3 ; Humphry S4 ; Kazemi Y5
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  1. 1. Department of Speech Therapy, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
  5. 5. Department of Speech Therapy, Child Language Research Cluster, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology Published:2023


Abstract

Purpose: A narrative is a reliable tool for assessing the child’s oral language. There are various narrative assessment tools. Most of them follow the Language Sample Analysis method such as Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) which is time-consuming and needs extensive training. The Narrative Assessment Protocol (NAP) offers a free and faster method of assessment to administer. The current study compared the NAP online and offline coding methods. Methods: Fifty-two kindergarteners (40–66 months old) were voice-recorded while generating a story. A transcriber coded the samples using both online and offline methods. Then, relative and absolute reliabilities were measured. Results: The results indicate a high correlation between the NAP offline and online scoring methods. Aside from a few items, both methods showed good correlations with each other. Conclusions: The NAP online coding method can be used as an alternative to an offline transcription to obtain a quick picture of a child's microstructure measures in narration. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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