(TOPL-2) Test of Pragmatic Language, Second Edition
by Diana Phelps-Terasaki and Trisha Phelps-Gunn
Benefit
Evaluates social communication in context, telling you how well students listen, choose appropriate content, express feelings, make requests, and handle other aspects of pragmatic language
Scores
One standard score–the Pragmatic Language Usage Indexplus a qualitative analysis of student response
Format
Student responds to verbal prompts read by examiner and color illustrations presented in a convenient spiralbound flipbook
Pragmatic language is critical for adequate communication and for understanding the conversations around you. It is pragmatic language--language in social context--that helps you comprehend not only what is said, but why it is said.
The Test of Pragmatic Language-2 (TOPL-2) expands on the original for an even more in-depth and comprehensive analysis of social communication in context. The TOPL-2 allows you to assess the effectiveness, and appropriateness, of a student's pragmatic language skills. Administered in approximately 45-60 minutes, it tests six core subcomponents of pragmatic language: physical setting, audience, topic, purpose (speech acts), visual-gestural cues, and abstraction. Raw scores, percentiles, standard scores, and age equivalents are provided. The convenient, spiralbound flipbook features people of various ethnicities in large-format color drawings.
Designed for use by speech-language pathologists, the TOPL-2 also provides important information about social skills and conflict resolution. Individually administered, this test is appropriate for individuals aged 6-0 to 18-11.
Because pragmatic language is a part of all communication, any comprehensive language assessment battery should include the TOPL-2.
Pragmatic language is critical for adequate communication and for understanding the conversations around you. It is pragmatic language--language in social context--that helps you comprehend not only what is said, but why it is said.
The Test of Pragmatic Language-2 (TOPL-2) expands on the original for an even more in-depth and comprehensive analysis of social communication in context. The TOPL-2 allows you to assess the effectiveness, and appropriateness, of a student's pragmatic language skills. Administered in approximately 45-60 minutes, it tests six core subcomponents of pragmatic language: physical setting, audience, topic, purpose (speech acts), visual-gestural cues, and abstraction. Raw scores, percentiles, standard scores, and age equivalents are provided. The convenient, spiralbound flipbook features people of various ethnicities in large-format color drawings.
Designed for use by speech-language pathologists, the TOPL-2 also provides important information about social skills and conflict resolution. Individually administered, this test is appropriate for individuals aged 6-0 to 18-11.
Because pragmatic language is a part of all communication, any comprehensive language assessment battery should include the TOPL-2.
