Jump to content

Test of Adolescent and Adult Language

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by MarshBot (talk | contribs) at 19:42, 10 November 2006 (Adding {{linkless}} template to orphan article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Template:Linkless You must add a |reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|July 2006|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.

The Test of Adolescent and Adult Language-Third Edition (TOAL-3) is a language assessment that is norm based and used for individuals between 12 and 25 years old. The test measures receptive, written and expressive language. A speech language pathologist, (or SLP) administers the test and rates the score based on a normative process.

Components:

The TOAL-3 is a specific language assessment measuring: listening, speaking, reading, writing, spoken language, written language, vocabulary, grammar, receptive language and expressive language.

Validity:

Results regarding this language assessment are consistent. However, when measuring language there can be many variables and much is left to tester inference.

The TOAL-3 is based on this model:

(The three-dimensional TOAL-3 test model based on Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, Third Edition (p.4))

Additional Methods for Assessing Oral Language:

Narrative analysis; GORT-4 (Gray Oral Reading Test 4th Edition);

Resource

Overview of this material from- Overton, T. (2003)Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach. New Jersey: Merrill Prenctice Hall

The TOAL-3 test can be found here [1]

The following is aclarification as to what this assessment, as well as others measure:[2]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Test_of_Adolescent_and_Adult_Language&oldid=86994541"