Exam 1 Part 7

Question 1

What are some informal assessments of language?

Answer 1

Follow verbal commands, count, recite alphabet, place objects, recount an event/story, deductive reasoning task (i-spy, 20 questions)

Question 2

Reasonably accurate index of grammatical development up to four or five morphemes. General measure that tells us nothing about specific forms or structures used.

Answer 2

MLU

Question 3

How do you assess pragmatics?

Answer 3

Respond to greetings, make requests, take turns, make eye contact, role play, define words, describe events

Question 4

How do you assess semantics?

Answer 4

Incorrect words substitutions, overgeneralizations, under generalizations, difficulty sentence comprehension, word finding problems

Question 5

How do you assess syntax?

Answer 5

Look for variety of word types, phrases, clauses, sentence types, shorter utterances, lack of sentence complexity