Elicitation Materials
SALT software includes a variety of reference databases with samples from typical speakers. Your samples, elicited following the same protocols, may be compared with age and grade-matched samples selected from these databases. These elicitation materials contain everything you need to elicit samples for comparison with the specified databases.
Everything you need to elicit samples for comparison to the Narrative Story Retell database using SALT Software.
The Narrative Story Retell database contains samples from typical students using the following stories:
▪ Frog, Where Are You? (Mayer, 1969) - grades PK, K, 1
▪ Pookins Gets Her Way (Lester, 1987) - grade 2
▪ A Porcupine Named Fluffy (Lester, 1986) - grade 3
▪ Doctor De Soto (Steig, 1982) - grades 4-6
The story retell elicitation kit also includes comprehension questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
Mix and Match Individual Components for those who only need parts of the kit.
Online Story Elicitation Program - Monolingual English/English-fluent
Online program for eliciting and recording samples for comparison to the Narrative Story Retell database using SALT Software.
The monolingual Engish/English-fluent program includes the following stories:
▪ Frog, Where Are You? (Mayer, 1969) - grades PK, K, 1
▪ Pookins Gets Her Way (Lester, 1987) - grade 2
▪ A Porcupine Named Fluffy (Lester, 1986) - grade 3
Please note the program does not include the story Doctor De Soto (Steig, 1982) or the comprehension questions.
Expository & Persuasion Elicitation Kit
Everything you need to elicit samples for comparison to the Expository & Persuasion database using SALT Software.
The Expository database contains samples from typical students in grades 5-7 and 9-12. The Persuasion database contains samples from typical students in grades 9-12.
Mix and Match Individual Components for those who only need parts of the kit.
Frog Story Retell Elicitation Kit
Everything you need to elicit bilingual Spanish/English or monolingal Spanish samples for comparison to the Bilingual Spanish/English and Monolingual Spanish Story Retell databases using SALT Software.
Bilingual Spanish/English Story Retell & Bilingual Spanish/English Unique Story databases contain Spanish and English samples from typical EL students in grades K-3. The Monolingual Spanish Story Retell database contains Spanish samples from typical students in grades 1-3
The following frog stories are included:
▪ Frog, Where Are You? (Mayer, 1969)
▪ Frog Goes to Dinner (Mayer, 1974)
▪ Frog On His Own (Mayer, 1973)
▪ One Frog Too Many (Mayer & Mayer, 1975)
The frog story retell elicitation kit also includes comprehension questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
Mix and Match Individual Components for those who only need parts of the kit.
Online Story Elicitation Program - Bilingual Spanish/English & Monolingual Spanish
Online program for eliciting and recording samples for comparison to the Bilingual Spanish/English and Monolingual Spanish Story Retell databases using SALT Software.
The following frog stories are included:
▪ Frog, Where Are You? (Mayer, 1969)
▪ Frog Goes to Dinner (Mayer, 1974)
▪ Frog On His Own (Mayer, 1973)
▪ One Frog Too Many (Mayer & Mayer, 1975)
Please note the program does not include the comprehension questions.