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Rebecca Mirakova Language Sample Analysis Child’s Name: N (female) Child’s Date of Birth: June 12, 2009 Child’s Date of Evaluation: 09/12/2014 Child’s Chronological Age/Sex: 63 months Child’s Primary Language: Russian Language of Evaluation: English Name of Student Evaluator: Rebecca Mirakova PERTINENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION N is my neighbor, who is 63 months old. She has two older siblings, Rachel and David. N s parents are from Russia, so she has been exposed to both the Russian and the English languages. She communicates with her parents in Russian, and speaks in English with everyone else. Even though her parents speak English, they want N to learn Russian. As a result they speak to her only in Russian. She is currently attending†¦show more content†¦TESTS ADMINISTERED Language Sample MLU development chart by Brown (1973) Speech and Language Milestone Chart by PRO-ED Inc. (1999) Phonological processes by Puccini (2001) Articulation development chart. Sanders, J. (1972). INFORMAL TEST RESULTS Morphology Morphology discusses the rules that govern the use of morphemes. N s MLU came out to be 5.3, this MLU signifies a typical developing child. According to Brown (1973) Language Sample Development, she falls under the stage V+, which is the average level for a child within 47 months and above. N has good use in both bound and free morphemes. She particularly utilized a substantial amount of bound morphemes such as the†ing†and third person regular â€Å"s†. For example in utterance number three, I asked N what animals she enjoyed seeing at the zoo, she responded â€Å"da seal show was the best /deI/ woe jumping in the water. From that sentence we see how N used the â€Å"ing† in jumping. In utterance number forty two we see how N correctly used the third person regular â€Å"s† when I asked N if her brother David plays with her she responded â€Å"no, no he plays with his fwends†. In that response we see how N used the correct grammatical marker, the third person regular â€Å"s†. â€Å"She was also able to produce plural words such as books and friends She was able to differentiate between past and present tense for example, in utterance number three N said