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Publication Date: 2020-Jul
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Brief Report: Learning Language through Overhearing in Children with ASD
Luyster, Rhiannon J.; Arunachalam, Sudha
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v50 n7 p2616-2624 Jul 2020
We explored whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn new nouns from overheard speech. Thirteen children (4-5 years) with ASD participated in an Addressed condition, in which they were directly taught a novel label (e.g., "toma") for one of three novel objects, and an Overheard condition, in which the objects and label were presented in a conversation between two adults. In both conditions, children were then asked to identify the labeled object (e.g., "find the 'toma'"). Children selected the target novel object at rates above chance in the Addressed condition, and of critical importance, they also did so in the Overheard condition. This suggests that, like TD children, children with ASD may learn from language that is not directed to them.
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes, Interpersonal Communication, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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