Even with/emcovid, children understand: a study with tcm

Abstract

The objective is to present data from a study that aims to contribute to the adaptation and validation of the Metaphor Comprehension Test (TCM) (Figueira et al., in press), an instrument for assessing the ability to understand metaphors, aimed at subjects between 9 and 14 years old. Ultimately, the instrument intends to have two sides: an evaluation and intervention resource that, to date, has content and construction validity, its original version being in Italian, already with immense research produced and evidence given. In Portugal and with the Portuguese version, this investigation is the second carried out. We still haven’t obtained enough results to allow us sophisticated statistics, nor the presentation of normative or standardized data. However, investigations continue and the answers obtained are promising. Although we assume the need for further investigation, we believe that the resource, as it stands, can and should be used, without constraints, as a resource for intervention/development of metalinguistic awareness, of understanding metaphorical language.