Language Sample Analysis of Writing in Children and Adolescents: Assessment and Intervention Contributions

This article offers a review of analytic writing measures in the LSA literature from perspectives that include developmental change, language ability differences, relation to quality ratings, practical utility, and effects of genre and task. Writing samples from two 12-year-old students, with and without a language disorder, are used to illustrate application of these measures and suggest potential instruction targets.
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research