1. LANGUAGE SAMPLING

2. A language sample is:**
A collection of a child’s utterances
Experts recommend that you get utterances

3. When you collect a language sample…

4. Language samples (LSs)

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

6. We also want to:

7. Ideally…

9. Research shows that:

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

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

12. Interesting topics for children:

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

14. 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

15. 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

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

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

18. To assess semantic skills…

19. In older students, indicators of language impairment include:

20. To assess pragmatic skills, look for…

21. MLU Norms** (PRAXIS!) 18-24 mos. MLU = 1.5 to 2.0
2-2 ½ yrs. MLU =
2 ½ to 3 yrs. MLU =
3-4 yrs. MLU =
4-5 yrs. MLU = 4.5+
5-6 yrs. MLU= 8+ words, compound and complex sentences