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Language sample
for clinical purposes, goal is to obtain a reliable and valid sample of the child’s language ability to gauge where they are in their language development
What is the purpose of a language sample?
to document a child’s language ability at a single point in time and language development over time
Reliability
degree of confidence that the language sample obtained represents the child’s typical language production
Validity
the degree to which a language sample measures what it is supposed to measure
Language samples count…
morphemes and utterances; how many morphemes are in an utterance
Glossing
repeating what a child says during collection of a language sample to capture the precise utterance for transcription accuracy; can be distracting, use sparingly
Ideal amount of utterances for a language sample is…
100
Present progressive
-ing
In (preposition)
ex. milk in cup
On (preposition)
ex. doggie on bed
Regular plural
-s, more than one
ex. girls playing
Irregular past tense
past tense verb that is not grammatically regular
ex. mommy went work
Possessive
belonging to someone, ‘s
ex. Billy’s ball
Uncontractible copula
ex. Billy was bad
Articles
the, a
ex. daddy eating the cookie
Regular past tense
-ed, past tense
ex. mommy looked.
Regular third person singular
ex. she eats
Irregular third person singular
ex. daddy has cookie
Uncontractible auxiliary
ex. I was eating.
Contractible copula
ex. Billy’s bad.
Contractible auxiliary
ex. He’s running.
Steps to facilitate interaction for a language sample
Maximize child’s opportunities to speak, such as asking open-ended questions
Questions to ask include child’s interests, personal or own props, age-appropriate topics, activities, and objects
Comfortable, inviting environment
Recording tips
Must record audio or audio & video to minimum necessary utterances
Keep recording device out of the way & unnoticeable
Need permission from both parents and inform child when recording (ethical reasons)
Derivational morphemes…
creates new words by changing the part of speech of the word
ex. prefixes & suffixes, unusual, insufficient, preterm, etc.
Inflectional morphemes…
changes the grammatical properties of a word
ex. plural, tense, etc.
