1. LANGUAGE SAMPLING

2. A language sample is:

3. In the case of populations such as multicultural and low-SES, we need to use language sampling because norm-referenced tests are biased**
August 2017 Communication Disorders Quarterly Vol 38(4),
Abel, A.D., Schuele, M., Arndt, K.B., Lee, M.W., & Blankenship, K.G. (2017). Another look at the influence of maternal education on preschoolers’ performance on two norm-referenced measures.

4. In this study, they compared the performance of low- and mid-SES preschoolers (typically developing)

5. Thus….**
Use of language sampling is very important with populations such as low-SES children!

6. When you collect a language sample…

7. Language Samples (LSs):

8. When gathering a language sample, we want to:

9. We also want to:

10. Ideally…

12. Research shows that:

13. Use a variety of materials!**
You can use toys, books, games
You can also ask about topics the child is interested in

14. Youtube Language sample (3 minutes) By lilcook03
What is the SLP doing right? 

15. Interesting topics for children:

16. To analyze syntactic skills, evaluate the child’s use of:

17. Does the child use appropriately long and complex sentences?
Expressive Language Disorder - Sariah age 10
Notice how short and simple her sentences are for her age

18. To analyze morphological skills…**
Evoke the possessive morpheme by using activities and pictures and asking questions such as “Whose is this?”
Use pictures/activities to assess use of present progressive –ing

19. To further analyze morphological skills:**
Use pictures to assess a child’s production of regular and irregular plural nouns

20. To further analyze morphological skills…**
Assess past-tense constructions by telling a story and asking the child to re-tell the story

21. To assess semantic skills…

22. In older students:

23. To assess pragmatic skills, look for…

24. MLU Norms (PRAXIS!)