Psychometric Properties of the English-Spanish Vocabulary Inventory in Toddlers With and Without Early Language Delay.
Stephanie De Anda, Lauren M Cycyk, Heather Moore and 3 others
PMID 34990558WHAT IT FOUND
The English-Spanish Vocabulary Inventory captures more cross-language words than separate monolingual lists without taking longer to complete.
Parents found it easy to use, and scores matched children's actual speech samples and standardized tests. It helps clinicians see the full picture of a bilingual toddler's vocabulary.
Key findings
01The new inventory captured significantly more translation equivalents than the separate monolingual lists, with a moderate effect size.
02Parent reports on the new inventory predicted children's performance on standardized language tests and behavioral tasks, showing it measures what it claims to measure.
03Children with parent-reported language concerns had significantly smaller vocabularies on the new inventory than their peers without concerns.
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What it does not show
The studies had small sample sizes, particularly Study 2 with only 13 children. The participants were primarily families of Mexican descent, so the results may not generalize to all Spanish-speaking populations or dialects. The ESVI has not been normed, so clinicians cannot compare a child's score to age-matched peers using existing CDI/IDHC norms. Social validity questionnaires were not previously published or validated, and responses may have been influenced by social desirability. In Study 2, parents updated their previous questionnaire rather than completing a new one, which could inflate reliability estimates.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret ESVI scores using the published norms for the monolingual CDI or IDHC. The ESVI includes additional words and a different format, so existing norms do not apply to individual children on this new measure.