Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months

Children’s language development is crucial for play, learning, and communication. It is greatly significant for cognitive development, personality formation, and growth. Children’s language development is particularly thriving between the ages of 12 and 36 months, when they begin to communicate thr...

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Main Authors: Thuy Bich Thi Nguyen, Linh Khanh Thi Vo, Chi Van Nguyen
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Language:English
Published: VJE 2025-06-01
Series:Vietnam Journal of Education
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Online Access:https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/515
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description Children’s language development is crucial for play, learning, and communication. It is greatly significant for cognitive development, personality formation, and growth. Children’s language development is particularly thriving between the ages of 12 and 36 months, when they begin to communicate through social interactions in certain settings. The aim of this study is to develop a toolkit to evaluate children’s abilities between the ages of 12 and 36 months in terms of their listening comprehension and speech use skills. Data was drawn from an experimental process of the toolkit conducted on 303 children aged from 12 to 36 months from various regions in Khanh Hoa province, consisting of urban, rural and mountainous areas. The results demonstrate high internal consistency, criterion validity and toolkit reliability. This study has practical implications for pedagogical lecturers and students majoring in Early Childhood Education for teaching, learning and scientific purposes; for preschool teachers in assessing children’s language development, allowing them to choose appropriate content, methods, and educational forms to effectively support the children’s language development as well as for parents in evaluating their children’s language proficiency in order to proactively seek professional assistance if necessary.
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spelling doaj-art-e65f538f4c7444b9aa6062c997f38b4b2025-08-20T03:31:37ZengVJEVietnam Journal of Education2588-14772815-55722025-06-019210.52296/vje.2025.515Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 MonthsThuy Bich Thi Nguyen0Linh Khanh Thi Vo1Chi Van Nguyen2Nha Trang National College of Pedagogy, VietnamNha Trang National College of Pedagogy, VietnamNha Trang National College of Pedagogy, Vietnam Children’s language development is crucial for play, learning, and communication. It is greatly significant for cognitive development, personality formation, and growth. Children’s language development is particularly thriving between the ages of 12 and 36 months, when they begin to communicate through social interactions in certain settings. The aim of this study is to develop a toolkit to evaluate children’s abilities between the ages of 12 and 36 months in terms of their listening comprehension and speech use skills. Data was drawn from an experimental process of the toolkit conducted on 303 children aged from 12 to 36 months from various regions in Khanh Hoa province, consisting of urban, rural and mountainous areas. The results demonstrate high internal consistency, criterion validity and toolkit reliability. This study has practical implications for pedagogical lecturers and students majoring in Early Childhood Education for teaching, learning and scientific purposes; for preschool teachers in assessing children’s language development, allowing them to choose appropriate content, methods, and educational forms to effectively support the children’s language development as well as for parents in evaluating their children’s language proficiency in order to proactively seek professional assistance if necessary. https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/515Assessment toolslanguage abilitylistening comprehension abilityspeech use abilitychildren 12-36 months
spellingShingle Thuy Bich Thi Nguyen
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Vietnam Journal of Education
Assessment tools
language ability
listening comprehension ability
speech use ability
children 12-36 months
title Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months
title_full Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months
title_fullStr Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months
title_full_unstemmed Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months
title_short Developing a Toolkit to Evaluate Listening Comprehension and Speech Use Abilities of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months
title_sort developing a toolkit to evaluate listening comprehension and speech use abilities of children aged 12 to 36 months
topic Assessment tools
language ability
listening comprehension ability
speech use ability
children 12-36 months
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