The present study investigated the development of the ability to identify the correct connective endings in the Korean language in normal children. Thirty-six Korean children of six years of age, of the second and fourth grades exempt from any hearing...
The present study investigated the development of the ability to identify the correct connective endings in the Korean language in normal children. Thirty-six Korean children of six years of age, of the second and fourth grades exempt from any hearing, emotional, physical or neurological problems participated in this study. This study examined their ability to complete sentences using connective endings, and to judge the correctness of the connective ending in a sentence. Two-way ANOVA with repeated measures, one-way ANOVA and post-hoc tests were used to test the statistical significance.
The results of this study were as follows:
Firstly, there were significant differences between groups and their performance qualities of the two tasks. Secondly, there were significant differences between groups and their performances on semantic relations. Thirdly, there were significant differences between groups and the type of error they made in terms of identifying connective endings. Fourthly, there were significant differences between groups and their performances on judging the correctness of the connective ending in a sentence.
The results of this study suggest that the ability to complete sentences using connective endings, and to judge the correctness of the connective ending in a sentence were performance differences between preschool and school-age.