British Picture Vocabulary Scale: 3rd Edition

L.M. Dunn, D. M. Dunn, B. Styles & J. Sewell

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:

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