British Picture Vocabulary Scale: 3rd Edition (BPVS-3)

British Picture Vocabulary Scale: 3rd Edition (BPVS-3)

A revised edition of the UK\’s leading vocabulary assessment with full colour illustrations and improved presentation.

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   Author(s): Lloyd M Dunn, Douglas M Dunn, Ben Styles – National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Julie Sewell (NFER)
  
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   Suitable For: Teachers, SENCOs, Educational Speech Therapists 
  
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  Age Range: 3 – 16 years
  
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   Administration: Individual
  
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  Timings: Untimed, approximately 10 minutes

 BPVS3 assesses students’ receptive (hearing) vocabulary: for each question the teacher says a word and the student responds by selecting the picture (from four options) that best illustrates the word’s meaning. The questions broadly sample words that represent a range of content areas such as actions, animals, toys and emotions and parts of speech such as nouns, verbs or attributes, across all levels of difficulty.

Benefits:

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  Full colour illustrations
  
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  Enlarged format that makes illustrations stand out
  
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  Vivid colours and black outlines make illustrations suitable for students who may be colour blind
  
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  Test format helps to reduce tension during the test session – teacher can observe as well as assess
  
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  Ideal for practitioners in mainstream and special education settings
  
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  Screens for verbal development
  
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  Helps in the detection of language impairment across the age range
  
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  Suitable for non-readers and children with specific learning disabilities such as autism or cerebral palsy