La evaluación del desarrollo pragmático temprano a través del EDPRA y The Pragmatics Profile

Abstract

The objective of the present study is design an assess-ment tool in Spanish language, allowing analyzer the communicative use of language and gets a pragmatic profile at early ages. Based on work by Dewart and Summers "The pragmatics profile (1995) and including the functions described by Halliday (1975), developed a scale of pragmatic development called EDPRA." A total of 30 boys and girls aged between 6 and 48 months participated in the initial application. They were evaluated by the EDPRA and The Pragmatic Profile (1995). The results show a high reliability and validity of the EDPRA compared to the Pragmatics Profile. The expansion of the sample will allow developing scales and profiles useful for early evaluation of these com-municative functions.