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four pictures and the assessor reads a sentence. The child is required to select a picture
that matches the sentence.
CELF UK (Peers et al., 1999) - recalling sentences and listening to paragraphs.
In the recalling sentences task children are asked to imitate orally presented sentences.
Expressive Narrative.
Bus Story: Information Score (Renfrew, 1997). The assessor tells the child a
short story about a naughty bus. The narrative is supported by pictures. The child is
asked to retell the story as accurately as possible using the pictures as cues.
Phonological Awareness.
Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB; Frederickson, Frith, & Reason, 1997)
rhyme and alliteration measures: For the rhyme test children choose two words that
rhyme out of a choice of three (one irrelevant word and two that rhyme). The
alliteration test is similar with the exception that the chosen words have the same
beginning sound.
Fluency measures. The fluency test involves children generating as many words
as they can in each of the following areas: semantic, e.g., food and animals;
alliteration, e.g., words beginning with ‘m’ and ‘b’; and rhyme, e.g., words that sound
like ‘ whip’ and ‘more’.
Reading.
BAS II Word Reading Scale. This scale assesses recognition and oral reading of
single words.
Spelling.
British Abilities Scales II (BAS II); Spelling Scale: This scale provides a
number of phonetically regular and irregular words to assess the child’s ability to