MINISTRY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

LEARNER’S SPEECH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

SCREENING RECORD

First Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Surname ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sex ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Birth Entry number ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Learner Welfare, Psychological Services and Special Needs Education Department

LEARNER’S SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SCREENING

RECORD

Province---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

District-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name of School-----------------------------------------------------------EMIS Number------------------

Name of Learner (in full as it as it appears on the birth certificate)-------------------------------

Date of birth-----------------------------------------------------Age-------------------------------------------

Sex--------------------------------------------------------------------Grade------------------------------------

Birth Entry Number----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dimension Number Never Sometimes Rarely Often communicates Always Proficient
of items communicates communicates( communicates(after communicates
a longer time)

Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
Receptive 10 1 2 3 4 5 6
skills

Expressive 10 1 2 3 4 5 6
skills

Story 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
telling

Vowel 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds

Consonant 8 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds

Plosives 5 1 2 3 4 5 6

Fricatives 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

Hard 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds
Soft 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds

Gliding 4 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds

Blends 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

Silent 9 1 2 3 4 5 6
letters

Double/like 9 1 2 3 4 5 6
consonants

Short 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
sounds
STEP 1

Getting the learners to relax

What is your name? ..............................................................................

a) Where do you live?

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b) What is your favourite food?

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c) Touch your

 Head-----------------------------------
 Ear------------------------------------
 Nose-------------------------------
 d) Do you have - ------- at home? Put yes /no boxes for teachers to tick
 Dog----------------------------- C
 Chickens---------------
 Goat-----------------

 Rabbits-----------

STEP II

Receptive Language Vocabulary

Teacher gives instructions

(Vocabulary)

a) Open the door---------

b) Close the pot-----------
c) Take the cup-----------
d) Kick the ball-----------
e) Kneel on the floor---------
f) Clap your hands----------------
g) Stump your feet------------------
h) Open your mouth…………………
i) close your eyes-----------
j) Stand up-----------------------

STEP III

Expressive language Vocabulary

Instruction Action Item Response

Who is this? Show a picture i. boy/girl standing

ii. a baby crying
What is happening? (manual to iii. man sweeping with a
come with broom
pictures) iv. mother cooking
v. a man washing clothes
vi. a woman driving a bus
vii. woman cutting wood
viii. a boy cooking
ix. girls playing football
x. man washing plates

STEP IV

Sound Production and Pronunciation of words

The examples provided in English below are a guide to the sounds.

NB: Unique basic sounds each of indigenous language should be included and used by
the teacher to include all learners.
Repeat after me:

Vowels

/a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/

Ant Egg in Orange Umbrella

(put a tick for correct and x for incorrect response)

Show pictures/real objects/models of the named items

(manual to come with pictures, tick for correct and x for incorrect responses)

Consonant sounds

/p/ /t/ /f/ /k/ /h/ /d/ /g/ /v/

pot table Fish kick hen dog girl Van

Show pictures/real objects/models of the named items

Plosives

/b/ /k/ /d/ /p/ /t/

bird Kite dog Pot Tea

Show pictures/real objects/models of the named items

Fricatives

/f/ /h/ /s/ /v/ /z/ /j/

frog hut Sick vase zebra jam

Hard Sounds

/g/ /c/
 Girrafe Cat

Soft sounds

/g/ /c/

Goat Count

Gliding sounds

/q/ Quench quality Quiet queen

Blends

/br/ Bread brown brick

/bl/ Blue black blouse

Silent Letters

/ck/ Package black sack

/kn/ Knife know knee

/wr/ Wrist write wrong

Double / like consonants

/ll/ tell call full

/rr/ lorry carry sorry

/tt/ cattle kettle little

Date of screening………………………………………………………………………………

Screened by……………………………………………………………………………………..

EC number/National ID………………………………..Signature …………………………

Supervised by…………………………………………………………………………………..

EC Number/National ID………………………………..Signature …