Lexical development in Tamil-speaking preschool and primary school children – development and validation of a vocabulary checklist

Key Points

• To develop and validate a vocabulary checklist for assessing lexical development in Tamil-speaking children.
• Developed a vocabulary checklist tailored for Tamil-speaking preschool and primary school children.
• Conducted validation tests to ensure checklist reliability and effectiveness for assessing vocabulary.
• Involved linguistic experts for checklist formulation and validation.
• The vocabulary checklist was successfully validated for use with Tamil-speaking children.
• Findings support the effectiveness of the checklist in assessing lexical development in early education.