Overview

Language Sampling with Adolescents provides guidelines for analyzing spoken and written language production in adolescents. It is geared toward graduate students and speech-language pathologists who work in the public schools with middle school and high school students (Grades 5-12). The book includes many tables, figures, and practical exercises (with answer keys) to help readers understand how to analyze the content and structure of what adolescents express in different genres: conversational, narrative, expository, and persuasive. Based on formal analyses, the book indicates how the information can be applied to establish functional language goals for adolescents with language disorders. It also explains how to implement intervention activities that are designed to enhance spoken and written language production in adolescents.

Reviews

• Adrienne B. Hancock, PhD, Doody's Review Service, (2010):
  "... Well organized and easy to read and includes charts to help illustrate the author's points."

• Gail Turner, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, (2010):
  "... An accessible and highly informative guide to eliciting and analysing language samples for a client group whose complex needs may not always be recognized and properly addressed through the use of formal assessment tools alone. One of the main strengths of the book lies in the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of the assessment and intervention processes described ... Nippold adds breadth to the assessment and intervention processes for young people in school environments so that their functional communication and language needs can be more accurately and successfully met."

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Language Development and Disorders
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Literacy
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - Desk Copy

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Working with Adolescents
  • Chapter 1: Why Language Sampling?
  • Chapter 2: History of Language Sampling
  • Chapter 3: Adolescent Language Development
  • Chapter 4: Language Sampling Guidelines
  • Chapter 5: Language Sampling Tasks
  • Chapter 6: Intervention: Conversational and Narrative Discourse
  • Chapter 7: Intervention: Expository and Persuasive Discourse
  • Chapter 8: Bringing It All Together: The School Newspaper
• Part II: Grammar Review and Exercises
  • Chapter 9: Types of Words
  • Chapter 10: Types of Clauses
  • Chapter 11: Types of Sentences
  • Chapter 12: Units of Measurement
• References
• Appendix/Answer keys

About The Author

Marilyn Nippold, PhD, CCC-SLP

Marilyn A. Nippold, PhD, CCC-SLP is Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the University of Oregon, where she has worked since 1982, teaching and conducting research in language development, language disorders, and stuttering. She currently serves as editor of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS), a premier research journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). LSHSS publishes articles that address communication disorders in school-age children and adolescents, including evidence-based intervention studies.

Dr. Nippold received her BA in philosophy from the University of California Los Angeles; her MA in Communicative Disorders from California State University Long Beach; and her PhD in Speech-Language Pathology from Purdue University. A former public school speech-language pathologist, Dr. Nippold is a Fellow of ASHA, and has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters. She has twice received ASHA’s Editor’s Award, and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences.

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