Development of a vocabulary-screening tool for children 3 to 7-years of age

Step one, development of the instrument, consisted of an integrative review of the National and International literature to verify instruments for vocabulary screening, and used the SciELO, LILACS, ERIC and PubMed databases. For step two, the items and user's manual were developed. A vocabulary-oriented instrument was developed: a database of words for children from 3 to 7 years old comprised 11 semantic categories and tapped expressive as well as receptive skills. The final step involved the creation of protocols for the instrument.

Results

In the first step of the study, three international vocabulary screening instruments were identified. No national instrument was found. For the second step, a set of a total of 210 words were selected, including nouns, adjectives and verbs. During the third and final step, images, manual and answer protocols were developed.

Conclusion

There was a scarcity of vocabulary screening instruments identified in international and national literature. Therefore, a vocabulary screening instrument for children between 3 and 7 years of age was developed.

Keywords:
Screening tool; Protocols; Child language; Vocabulary test; Vocabulary

INSTRUMENT	NATIONALITY	AGE RANGE	FORMAT	RELATED STUDIES
Dynamic Indicators of Vocabulary Skills (DIVS)	United States	4-years-old	Direct screening	Marcotte, Parker, Furey, Hands⁽⁸8 Marcotte A, Clemens N, Parker C, Whitcomb S. Examining the classification accuracy of a vocabulary screening measure with preschool children. Assess Eff Interv. 2016;41(4):230-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534508416632236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15345084166322... ⁾
Dynamic Indicators of Vocabulary Skills (DIVS)	United States	4-years-old	Direct screening	Marcotte, Clemens, Parker, Whitcomb⁽¹⁰10 Lau LK. Language skills in classical chinese text comprehension. J Psycholinguist Res. 2018;47(1):139-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-017-9520-0. PMid:28879414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-017-952... ⁾
Language Development Survey (LDS)	United States	2-years-old	Checklist with parents	Rescola, Nyame, Dias⁽¹¹11 Capovilla F. Teste de vocabulário por figuras USP - TVFUSP. 1ª ed. São Paulo: Memnon; 2011. 530 p.⁾
Receptive Vocabulary Screener Aplication (RVS)	United Kingdom	3;6- to 6-years-old	Direct screening via app	Schaefer, Bowyer-Crane, Herrmann, Fricke⁽¹²12 Marcotte A, Parker C, Furey W, Hands J. An examination of the validity of the dynamic indicators of vocabulary skills (DIVS). J Psychoed Assess. 2014;32(2):133-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734282913498849. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07342829134988... ⁾

	3-YEARS-OLD	4-YEARS-OLD	5-YEARS-OLD	6-YEARS-OLD	7-YEARS-OLD
Receptive vocabulary	Bitting, walking, refrigerator, pineapple, orange, house, apple, window, jumping, cow	Running, church, sleeping, airplane, ant, bike, shoe, crying, bread, television	Cutting, drum, kneading, garbageman, dress, whale, tea cup, slipper, licking, mountain	Driking, sandwich, hitting, toothbrush, combing, owl, giraffe, barking, firefighter, swing	Domino, calling, socks, pig, fishing, singing, brain, ambulance, cooker, fork
Expressive vocabulary	Duck, cake, stove, spoon, seesaw, school, smile, carrot, chicken, tap	Tshirt, horse, banana, table, car, doll, clown, bedroom, mouth, breaking	Jacket, monkey, popcorn, clock, bus, robot, doctor, bathroom, nose, sitting	Handbag, elephant, pastry, towel, rocket, ferris wheel, farmer, beach, belly button, swinging	Alligator, cheese, broom, helicopter, whistle, astronaut, castle, spider, digging, driving

CATEGORIES	3-YEARS-OLD	4-YEARS-OLD	5-YEARS-OLD	6-YEARS-OLD	7-YEARS-OLD
Furniture	Spoon, window, tap, refrigerator, stove, cup	Bed, table, chair, sink, television, knife	Tea-cup, clock, comb, dish, pan	Mirror, towel, fan, toothbrush, computer	Couch, candle, car wheel, iron, telephone, broom, frying pan, fork
Toys	Seesaw	Doll, ball, airplane	Robot, drum	Swing, ferris wheel, piano, rollerblading	Arrow, whistle, domino
Body parts		Mouth, eyes, foot	Legs, nose, belly, tooth, ear	Knee, finger, shoulder, belly button	Heart, brain
Clothing and footwear		T-shit, shoe	Pants, slipper, dress, jacket	Hat, dress, handbag	Socks
Animals	Dog, cow, chicken, duck	Cat, fish, frog, bird, ant, rat, horse	Monkey, lion, bear, whale	Shark, elephant, snake, owl, giraffe	Whale, bee, pig, bunny, spider, alligator
Means of transport		Car, bike	Motocycle, airplane, train, bus	Truck, rocket, balloon	Ambulence, helicopter
Foods	Pineapple, carrot, orange, apple, cake	Banana, bread, icecream, eggs	Soda, strawberry, popcorn	Watermelon, sandwich, pastry	Cheese, pasta, onion, grape
Places	House, school	Bedroom, living room, church	Bathroom, mountain, park	Classroom, store, beach	Castle, river, waterfall
Professions		Teacher, clown	Doctor, dentist, garbageman	Farmer, firefighter, bricklayer	Mailman, cooker, astronaut
Verbs	Jumping, walking, biting, smiling	Eating, running, breaking, sleeping, crying	Combing, kneading, burning, licking, sitting, cutting	Beating, erasing, rocking, drawing, drinking, smelling, barking	Wet, digging, fishing, calling, writting, flying, singing, driving, dancing
Adjectives	Sad, happy, tall, big	Old, hot, sad, thin, angry	Small, sick, cold, pink, broken, sitted, open	Closed, angry, round, sunny, dirty, preagnant, curly	Strong, black, dark hair, prisoner, flowery, short, empty, bottom

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