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Poteet, James A. – 1978
The value of H. Myklebust's Picture Story Language Test (PSLT) was examined in a study of differences in written expression between 85 learning disabled (LD) and 125 nonlearning disabled elementary grade children and characteristics of oral expression of the LD students. Using the PSLT, written and oral language samples were obtained from the…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Expressive Language, Learning Disabilities, Speech Communication
Palmer, Adrian S. – 1981
Since Upshur's (1969) original paper describing a picture-description test of oral communication ability, four empirical studies have been completed in which variants of the tests have been used. From these studies considerable new information on the tests' reliability and validity has become available. Indications are that the reliability is…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Language Tests, Second Language Learning