Table 5.8.

Evaluation of language components

Language component	Assessment
Fluency	Word production: phonemic (number of words starting with a particular letter in 1 min) and semantic (nouns in a category, e.g., animals, in 1 min). Confrontational naming (pictures, diagrams, or items in the room). Scene description (e.g., “cookie theft picture”)
Repetition	Sentence repetition, which should include a sentence with semantically vague words and embedded clauses such as: “I only realized the other day that he is the one who was making all the fuss”, and a sentence with a clear meaning, such as “The worms crawl onto the side walk when the pavement gets wet from the rain”
Comprehension	Definition of simple words, or description of their function. Comprehension of multistep commands. Comprehension of reversed clauses with a connector words: “point to the ceiling after you point to the ground”
Reading	Reading and retelling a short story. Reading sight words (“yacht,” “colonel”)
Writing	Write a short sentence (self-generated), and a dictated sentence