T or F. Administering the Test of Narrative Language is the only valid method for eliciting a language sample.

• A. Ambiguous
• B. False
• C. Not valid
• D. True

Answer: (B)

There isn’t just one valid way to elicit a language sample. The Test of Narrative Language provides a structured, standardized method specifically for eliciting and analyzing narrative language, focusing on how people plan, organize, and tell a story (including both macrostructure and microstructure aspects). But language samples can also be gathered from spontaneous conversation, picture descriptions, or other story prompts, and each context can reveal different facets of language ability. Clinicians often use multiple elicitation contexts to get a fuller, more accurate picture of a person’s language skills. So, the statement is not correct.