Description
NB: Only available to clients based in the Republic of Ireland – qualification criteria applies (see qualification code and link below)
Author(s): Eleanor Semel, Elisabeth H Wiig, Wayne Secord
Publication Year: 2014
Age Range: 9 years 0 months to 21 years 11 months
Administration: Approximately 45 minutes for the Total Metalinguistics Score / Scores/Interpretation: Test and composite standard scores, percentile ranks, age equivalents growth scale values
Qualification Code: B – Click HERE for more details.
A revision of the Test of Language Competence-Expanded, the CELF5 Metalinguistics assessment includes four tests of higher-level language skills that are embedded in school curricula and are critical to classroom success. Use it to measure a student’s ability to think about and use language to make inferences, manipulate conversational speech given a context, use words in multiple ways, and use language in a non-literal manner.
Content and Administration
Administer the four tests individually or as a battery to obtain information about an individual’s language skills in:
- Making Inferences
- Conversation Skills
- Multiple Meanings
- Figurative Language
Features and Benefits
- Ideal for students with subtle language disorders or those on the autistic spectrum
- Goes beyond assessment of syntax and semantics to assess student’s language strategies and language flexibility
- Includes several tests that assess the student’s ability to interpret contextual and situational demands of conversation
- Helps you evaluate delays in semantic, syntactic and pragmatic competence
