SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY (MASTER) (WITH THESIS)
Qualification Awarded	Length of Program	Total Credits (ECTS)	Mode of Study	Level of Qualification & Field of Study
Master's ( Second Cycle) Degree	2	120	FULL TIME	TYÇ, TR-NQF-HE, EQF-LLL, ISCED (2011):Level 7 QF-EHEA:Second Cycle TR-NQF-HE, ISCED (1997-2013): 72

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

3010002045

Ders İsmi:

Descriptive Language Assessment Methods

Ders Yarıyılı:

Fall

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Labs	Credit	ECTS
3	0	0	3	6

Language of instruction:

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Other Recommended Topics for the Course:

It is recommended that the course not be limited to theoretical knowledge alone, but be supported as much as possible with application, analysis, and interpretation components. Students working with language examples from different age and clinical profiles will contribute to the development of their assessment skills. Including the interpretation of standardized test results and descriptive assessment findings within the course will strengthen a multidimensional clinical perspective. In addition to classic exams, performance-based methods such as transcription assignments, case analysis, narrative analysis, article presentation, and report writing should be used in the assessment process. Furthermore, it is recommended that the course be structured in a way that connects to childhood language disorders, acquired language disorders, pragmatic language assessment, narrative analysis, and clinical decision-making processes.

Type of course:

Anabilim Dalı/Lisansüstü Seçmeli

Course Level:

Master

TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Second Cycle

EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Merve SAVAŞ

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to teach the theoretical foundation of descriptive assessment approaches in the field of speech and language therapy; to provide knowledge and skills related to the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of language samples in children, adolescents, and adults; and to address the assessment of language performance in its natural context at the morphological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, discourse, and narrative levels from a Speech and Language Therapy perspective. The goal is for students to be able to utilize descriptive assessment data, which goes beyond standardized tests, in clinical decision-making processes by the end of the course.

Course Content:

This course covers the fundamental principles of descriptive language assessment, natural language sample collection methods, observation and interview-based data acquisition processes, and structured and semi-structured language sample collection approaches. The analysis of language samples at the phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and discursive levels; the examination of narrative and speech samples in terms of micro and macro structure; and the evaluation of parameters such as communication functions, vocabulary diversity, sentence complexity, coherence, and consistency are all included in the course. Furthermore, the clinical use, reporting, and contribution of descriptive language assessment to intervention planning in different age groups and disorder profiles are discussed.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) This document explains the theoretical basis and clinical applications of descriptive language assessment.
2) This book critically examines current research in descriptive language assessment and relates it to clinical practice.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) It selects and applies appropriate language sample collection methods for different age groups and clinical profiles.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
1) It systematically transcribes examples of natural speech, narrative, and interaction.
2) It analyzes language examples at the phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic levels.
3) It interprets descriptive linguistic criteria such as vocabulary variety, average sentence length, sentence complexity, coherence, and consistency.
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course, course objective, scope, and key concepts. Definition of descriptive language assessment, differences between standard assessment and descriptive assessment.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
2)	Theoretical foundations in language assessment. Descriptive analysis of language components: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
3)	Natural language sample collection methods. Principles of free speech, semi-structured interview, game-based sampling, narrative, and conversational sample collection.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
4)	Ethical principles in language sample collection, record-keeping processes, and data quality. Observation, interview, and context-based assessment approaches.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
5)	Transcription principles and the transcription of language samples. Principles of consistency, accuracy, and coding in transcription.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
6)	Phonological and morphological analysis. Descriptive examination of sound patterns, morpheme usage, and morphological structures.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
7)	Syntactic analysis. Evaluation of utterance length, sentence types, sentence complexity, grammatical accuracy, and syntactic patterns.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
8)	Midterm exam
9)	Semantic evaluation. Vocabulary, word diversity, semantic relationships, word finding, and content analysis.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
10)	Pragmatic evaluation. Communication functions: turn-taking, maintaining a conversation, expressing intent, contextually appropriate language use.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
11)	Evaluation of narrative examples I. Microstructure analysis: vocabulary variety, average utterance length, conjunction usage, grammatical structure.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
12)	Evaluation of narrative examples II. Macro-structure analysis: plot, characters, time, cause-and-effect relationships, coherence, and consistency.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
13)	Descriptive language assessment in different clinical groups. Examination of language patterns in developmental language disorder, autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, learning disabilities, aphasia, and cognitive communication disorders.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
14)	Clinical reporting of descriptive assessment findings and their translation into an intervention plan. Case discussions and review of sample reports.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
15)	The curriculum includes a general assessment, student presentations, case studies, and a holistic review of the course.	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.
References:	Kıran, Z. (2006). Dilbilime giriş: Dilbilgisinden dilbilime. Seçkin Yayıncılık. Toptaş, S., Maviş, İ., Balo, S. S., ve diğerleri. (Ed.). (2024). Kuramdan uygulamaya klinik dil ve konuşma terapisi (Cilt 1). Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları	1	6	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Defines, recognizes and uses the necessary equipment to evaluate language, speech, voice and swallowing disorders. Makes the necessary applications for language and speech disorders.
2) Makes the necessary evaluations, definitions and planning by using theoretical and applied concepts and principles related to the field of speech and language therapy.
3) It considers and respects individual differences, beliefs, customs and traditions.
4) Applies the knowledge and skills learned in the field of speech and language therapy within the framework of ethical principles, changes the practice when necessary and ends the process.
5) It contributes to the production of health policies in accordance with the changing and diversifying health needs of the society in the field of language and speech therapy, and takes initiatives to protect public health.
6) It organizes services in the field of speech and language therapy effectively and adequately, manages and analyzes the business processes necessary for the continuity and development of quality and organizational function, and produces solutions in line with information and evidence against problems.
7) It carries out professional and academic studies independently by using its knowledge and works in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field and takes responsibility.
8) Participates in research and project applications in the field of speech and language therapy by following technological developments.
9) It determines the differences and needs of individuals in daily life, the ways of meeting these needs and their daily activities and determines the practices that will increase the quality of life in this direction and takes part in the regulations.
10) It fulfills all the responsibilities required by its professional performance, combines and integrates its knowledge and practices in the field of language and speech therapy and adopts lifelong learning.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Defines, recognizes and uses the necessary equipment to evaluate language, speech, voice and swallowing disorders. Makes the necessary applications for language and speech disorders.
2)	Makes the necessary evaluations, definitions and planning by using theoretical and applied concepts and principles related to the field of speech and language therapy.
3)	It considers and respects individual differences, beliefs, customs and traditions.
4)	Applies the knowledge and skills learned in the field of speech and language therapy within the framework of ethical principles, changes the practice when necessary and ends the process.
5)	It contributes to the production of health policies in accordance with the changing and diversifying health needs of the society in the field of language and speech therapy, and takes initiatives to protect public health.
6)	It organizes services in the field of speech and language therapy effectively and adequately, manages and analyzes the business processes necessary for the continuity and development of quality and organizational function, and produces solutions in line with information and evidence against problems.
7)	It carries out professional and academic studies independently by using its knowledge and works in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field and takes responsibility.
8)	Participates in research and project applications in the field of speech and language therapy by following technological developments.
9)	It determines the differences and needs of individuals in daily life, the ways of meeting these needs and their daily activities and determines the practices that will increase the quality of life in this direction and takes part in the regulations.
10)	It fulfills all the responsibilities required by its professional performance, combines and integrates its knowledge and practices in the field of language and speech therapy and adopts lifelong learning.

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Brainstorming /Six Thinking Hats
Individual study and assignment
Lesson
Reading
Homework
Report Writing

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, sequencing)
Homework

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Presentation	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 20
Semester Final Exam	1	% 30
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
total		% 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	0	3	0
Study Hours Out of Class	0	4	0
Presentations / Seminar	0	8	0
Homework Assignments	0	10	0
Quizzes	0	2	0
Midterms	0	5	0
Paper Submission	0	5	0
Final	0	5	0
Total Workload			0