Mimicry versus imitative modeling: Facilitating sentence production in the speech of the retarded
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
- Vol. 9 (6) , 565-578
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01068117
Abstract
Two methods of language instruction administered to mentally retarded subjects at the two-word stage of language development were investigated. Subjects of the mimicry training group imitated Agent-Action-Object (AAO) constructions immediately after presentation, while subjects of the imitative modeling group first heard the AAO presentation and later produced the AAO construction in response to a verb question. Imitative modeling subjects achieved as many correct AAO responses during training and more correct responses on a generalization task and in a free play setting. They also displayed more novel response behavior (selective imitations) and spontaneously corrected productions. The results support the use of modeling procedures for inducing language production in the retarded.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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