Naturalistic language sample analysis practices used by speech-language pathologists for the language assessment of multilingual children: A systematic review with a narrative summary.

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Speech-language pathologists use a variety of practices for the language assessment of multilingual children, which include elicitation, transcription, coding, and analysis of naturalistic language samples. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Petria Winter; Juan Bornman; Jeannie van der Linde

doi:10.1080/17549507.2026.2630839

February 26, 2026

Naturalistic language sample analysis practices used by speech-language pathologists for the language assessment of multilingual children: A systematic review with a narrative summary.

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Key Points

The aim is to review practices for analyzing language samples in multilingual children.
Conducted a systematic review of existing literature on language sample analysis
Evaluated methods to elicit, transcribe, code, and analyze samples
Synthesized findings into a narrative summary
Identified various practices used by speech-language pathologists
Highlighted the necessity for consistent methodologies across assessments
Discussed implications for improving clinical practices in multilingual contexts

Implication

Systematic review reveals language assessment practices for multilingual children, suggesting future research directions.

Abstract

The review identified and synthesised several practices used with multilingual children to elicit, transcribe, code, and analyse language samples. Directions for further research and clinical implications are discussed.

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Winter et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a287350a974eb0d3c02aeb https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2026.2630839

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Naturalistic language sample analysis practices used by speech-language pathologists for the language assessment of multilingual children: A systematic review with a narrative summary.

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Naturalistic language sample analysis practices used by speech-language pathologists for the language assessment of multilingual children: A systematic review with a narrative summary.

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