Language assessment 2

Question 0

What is the PPVT?

Answer 0

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test –Fourth Edition (PPVT-IV) •Year: 2007
•Age range: 2;6 to 90+
•Administration:10 to 15 minutes
→evaluate receptive vocabulary (does not require spoken language, reading or writing to respond)
→Monitor progress using two parallel forms

Question 1

What are two formal assessments for vocabulary?

Answer 1

1. Word find vocab tests (renfrew language scales)

2. Peabody picture vocabulary test (PPVT)

Question 2

What is the Bracken Basic Concept Scale?

Answer 2

Semantic difficulties.
Expressive/Receptive test.
Ages: 3 - 6;11
Assesses concepts of: 
1.colours 
2.letters 
3.numbers/counting 
4.sizes 
5.comparisons 
6.shapes 
7.direction/position 
8.self/social awareness 
9.texture/material 
10.quantity 
11.time/sequence

Question 3

What is the Boehm 3?

Answer 3

Probing assessment for semantic difficulties.
Boehm 3 -Preschool
•Year: 2001
•Age range:3 to 5;11
•Administration :20 to 30 minutes
•26 basic concepts relevant to preschool and early childhood curriculum

Question 4

How could you informally assess semantic skills?

Answer 4

• Point to objects and ask child to name them.
• Ask child to define/describe words.
• Ask child for opposites/synonyms.
• Ask child for categories (superordinate vs subordinate).

Question 5

How could you informally assess syntax and morphology?

Answer 5

Using a language sample.

Question 6

How could you informally assess pragmatic skills?

Answer 6

• Do they respond to greetings?
• Does the child make requests? (ask them to draw a picture but don’t provide a pencil)
• Do they take turns?
• Do they follow commands?
• Do they make eye contact?

Question 7

What is the pragmatic profile of everyday communication skills in children?

Answer 7

Formal pragmatics assessment.
Age range: 1995 9 months → 
•Administration :30 minutes 
•Four sections: 
1.Communicative Functions; 
2.Responses to Communication; 
3.Interaction and Conversation; 
4.Contextual Variation

Question 8

What is the language use inventory?

Answer 8

Formal pragmatics assessment.
Pragmatic language development in children 18 to 47 months of age
•completed by parent or caregiver (SP scores)
Assesses a variety of functions including, for example:
•requesting help,
•sharing focus of attention,
•asking and commenting about things and people;
•guiding interactions with other people;
•sharing humour;
•talking about language and words;
•adapting communication to perspectives of other people

children who were over 24 months of age and who scored in the lower percentiles were significantly more likely to have underdeveloped language skills at 5 –6 years of age