CLINICAL EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE FUNDAMENTALS-4 (CELF-4)
(Ages 9-21 years)
This test measures receptive and expressive language development in the areas of: word meaning (semantics),
word and sentence structure (morphology and syntax), as well as recall and retrieval of spoken language (memory)
Subtests
Concepts & Directions: The student points to pictured objects given a set of oral
directions.
Recalling Sentences: The student imitates sentences.
Formulated Sentences: The student formulates a sentence given a word and
picture.
Word Classes – Receptive: The student chooses the two words that are related
Word Classes – Expressive: The student describes the relationship
Word Classes - Total
Expressive Vocabulary: The student identifies an object, person, or activity.
Word Definitions: The student defines a word that is named and used in a
sentence.
Understanding Spoken Paragraphs: The student responds to questions about a
paragraph presented orally. The questions target the paragraph’s main idea,
details, sequencing, and inferential and predictive information.
Sentence Assembly: The student produces two semantically and grammatically
correct sentences from visually and orally presented words or groups of words
presented in the stimulus book.
Semantic Relationships: After listening to a sentence, the student selects the two
correct choices from four options that answer a question.
Number Repetition (1 & 2) The student repeats numbers forward and backward.
Familiar Sequences (1 & 2) The student names days of the week, counts
backward, and orders other information while being timed.
Total Core Language Score
Receptive Language Quotient
Expressive Language Quotient
Language Content
Language Memory
Working Memory
Scaled /
Standard
Score
Percentile
Rank