TOAL

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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.

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[edit] 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.

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

[edit] Additional methods for assessing oral language

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

[edit] References

  • Overton, T. (2003)Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach. New Jersey: Merrill Prenctice Hall

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