SALT 2008 Bilingual S/E Version: A Tool for Assessing the Language Production of Bilingual (Spanish/English) Children (Miller & Iglesias)

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SALT 2008 Bilingual S/E Version
A Tool for Assessing the Language Production of Bilingual (Spanish/English) Children
By

Jon F. Miller, Ph.D., & Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Accurately diagnose language disorders & difficulties in bilingual children

SALT software logo Assessing the language development of bilingual children can be a challenge—too often, children in the complex process of learning both Spanish and English are under- or over-diagnosed with language disorders. SLPs can change that with SALT 2008 Bilingual S/E Version for grades K–3, the first tool to comprehensively assess children's language progress in both English and Spanish.

Derived from the SALT system that's been widely used and highly respected for more than 20 years, this bilingual version is everything professionals want in a Spanish/English language assessment tool. SLPs in school and clinical settings will conduct accurate, authentic assessment in just a few simple steps:

Listen. While following corresponding pictures in a book, children listen to the evaluator tell a story (audio files of the story are included on CD if the examiner has limited knowledge of the target language). The evaluator then listens to the child retell the same story. The 20-minute task is repeated in English and Spanish so progress in both languages can be assessed and directly compared.

Record. The evaluator records the child’s Spanish/English retellings of the story and transcribes them directly into the SALT software program.

Analyze. In just 5 minutes or less, the software generates and prints a report that compares the language samples with samples from more than 2,000 typically developing Spanish/English bilingual children in both urban and rural K–3 settings.

The bilingual SALT includes

a wordless storybook
a CD-ROM with Spanish and English audio files of the story
a CD-ROM with all the SALT software, and
a Manual with complete step-by-step instructions and case studies that demonstrate how to interpret the reports and determine how children's progress compares with that of their same-age peers.

With this valid, easy-to-use tool, SLPs will accurately determine when a struggling student has an actual language disorder—and educators will be able to target their language instruction and improve children's literacy outcomes.

Why SALT?

Automated language analysis. Save the time and trouble of calculating by hand language measures such as mean length of utterance and number of different words—just type the transcript into the program and analysis is automatic.

Normed on more than 2,000 bilingual children for accurate and authentic language assessment.

Easy to use. No formal training required—experienced professionals can use SALT right away.

Comprehensive. SALT provides standardized analyses of syntax, morphology, lexicon, discourse, fluency, and speaking rate.

Tracks progress easily—samples can be rerecorded as often as necessary on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis

ORDERING INFO

ISBN 978-1-59857-014-4
4-piece boxed /
8½ x 11 manual /
2008 / $99.00
Stock# 70144

*SALT 2008 S/E Version works exclusively with Windows® 98/2000/
Me/XP/NT/Vista

Manual Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview

A. Introduction
B. The Assessment Tool
C. The Bilingual Story Retell Reference Databases
D. The SALT Software

Part 2: Elicit the Language Samples

A. Introduction
B. Elicitation Protocol
C. Suggestions for Eliciting a Good Sample

Part 3: Transcribe the Language Samples

Part 4: Analyze the Language Samples

A. Introduction
B. The Database Standard Measures Report
C. Graphs of Selected Language Measures
D. Other Database Reports
E. The Analyze Menu
F. The Explore Menu
G. Linking Transcripts

Part 5: Interpret the Results

A. Discussion
B. Clinical Typology of Language Disorders

Part 6: Hand-coded Analyses (NSS and SI)

A. Introduction
B. Narrative Scoring Scheme (NSS)
C. Subordination Index (SI)

Part 7: Case Studies

A. Case Study #1: Maria

Part 8: Step-by-Step Lessons

Lesson 1: Enter an English Transcript
Lesson 2: Enter a Spanish Transcripit
Lesson 3: Compare Transcripts to the Bilingual Story Retell Databases
Lesson 4: Generate Reports from the Analyze Menu
Lesson 5: Link Transcripts for Side-by-Side Comparison
Lesson 6: Explore a Transcript
Lesson 7: Code and Analyze NSS and SI
Lesson 8: Change the Default Transcript Folder

Appendices

Appendix A: Story Scripts
Appendix B: Summary of SALT Transcription Conventions
Appendix C: Spanish Character Set
Appendix D: List of Sample Transcripts and Audio Files

References

Index