A Tool for Assessing the Language Production of Primary English Speakers

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Transcribe Language Samples

Type in your transcripts using a customized editor designed to make transcript entry as easy as possible. The SALT editor contains built-in help screens with information on using the editor and entering transcripts following the SALT transcript-entry conventions. It identifies errors in transcript format and positions you at the point of each error in the transcript. Sample SALT Transcript.

Calculate Standard Measures

Select from a variety of standard analyses. These analyses, when selected, are displayed on the screen and you have the option of printing them. You may also edit the analyses and cut or copy them into your reports. Some of the information from the standard analyses include:

• Syntax - MLU in words and morphemes; Brown's linguistic stage and expected age range; and types of utterances including distribution of incomplete, unintelligible, and nonverbal utterances
• Morphology - lists and frequencies of bound morphemes, including those omitted in obligatory context
• Lexicon - type token ratio; lists and frequencies of words; total number of words; and frequencies for particular sets of words, including question words, negatives, conjunctions, auxiliaries, and pronouns
• Fluency and Rate - types of mazes (fillers, repetitions, reformulations); distribution of mazes by length of maze and by length of utterance; speaking rate in utterances per minute; and number and length of pauses within and between utterances
• Discourse - analysis of speaker turns by length in terms of consecutive words and utterances; utterance categories including imitations, responses to questions, and spontaneous

There are many built-in help screens with information on using the programs and interpreting the results. A manual is also included with an overview of the programs, detailed descriptions of all the transcript-entry conventions, and a tutorial for trying out the programs.

Compare to Age-matched Peers

Compare your transcript to a database of normative language measures. The individual may be matched on age, grade, gender, sampling context, and transcript length. Matched records are selected from the database and mean, range and standard deviation statistics are given for many of the analysis variables. There are several reference databases included with the SALT Software.

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