• Is your child aged between 9 and 12 years of age?

• Would your child like to take part in a research study from the comfort of their home, and receive a £25 voucher as a token for participating?

• Is English your child's native language? (the study is open to English speaking children in the United Kingdom, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

• We welcome children with developmental language disorder. Unfortunately, for this particular study, we are not able to include children with hearing impairment or autism spectrum disorder. Thank you for your understanding.

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My child would like to take part, how do I find out more?

 

If your child would like to participate, please follow the following steps:

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• Please read the information sheets which can be accessed via this link: https://linktr.ee/ashleyrblake 

• We provide two information sheets: 1) for parents and guardians and 2) we ask if you could read the children's information and assent sheet together with your child. 

• If your child would like to participate, we will ask you to complete a short background questionnaire and consent form.

• After that, you will be provided with a link to book the online sessions at a time/date to suit you. Ashley will meet you and your child online, via Zoom, and your child will complete the following tasks:

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Session 1: 

• 1) Vocabulary task 2) Matching pictures 3) Repeating sentences. 

• ​3) Go No-Go game 4) Where's Nellar? (these 2 games will be completed on the Gorilla Experiment Builder platform)

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Session 2:

• 1) Pictures and sentences 2) Language detective game 3) Matching sentences. 

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Please email Ashley (a.r.blake@bham.ac.uk) if you have any questions.

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Thank you for your interest!

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