# BESA Protocol, English

**Authors:** [Elizabeth D. Peña, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1557&Name=Elizabeth+Pe%C3%B1a,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP), [Vera F. Gutiérrez-Clellen, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1549&Name=Vera+Guti%C3%A9rrez-Clellen,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP), [Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1551&Name=Aquiles+Iglesias,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP), [Brian A. Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1049&Name=Brian+Goldstein,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP), [Lisa M. Bedore, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1541&Name=Lisa+Bedore,Ph.D.)

For use with the **Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment™ (BESA™)**, sold in a package of 20 forms, these three English subtests are standardized and norm-referenced. The subtests take about 15 minutes each and address the key domains of morphosyntax, semantics, and phonology.

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Sold in a package of 20 forms, these three English subtests are a part of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA), a language assessment for use with children ages 4 through 6 years who have varying degrees of bilingualism. Standardized and norm-referenced, the subtests take about 15 minutes each and address the key domains of morphosyntax, semantics, and phonology.

- **BESA Phonology Subtest.** A single-word phonological assessment, the English measure of this subtest assesses phonological production of 31 English words. When conducted with the Spanish measure (learn more **[here](http://products.brookespublishing.com/BESA-Protocol-Spanish-P1067.aspx)**), this subtest is designed to differentially diagnose typical from atypical phonological skills in Spanish-English bilingual children.

- **BESA Morphosyntax Subtest.** This subtest employs cloze and sentence repetition tasks to target grammatical morphemes and sentence structures that were predicted to be difficult for children with language impairment in English. A grammatical cloze subscore, a sentence repetition subscore, and a total score that is a composite of those two subscores are derived.

- **BESA Semantics Subtest.** This subtest targets six tasks: analogies, characteristic properties, categorization, functions, linguistic concepts, and similarities and differences. The English semantics subtest has a total of 25 items: 10 receptive and 15 expressive. Subscores are provided for semantics receptive and semantics expressive, as well as a total semantics score for each language.

**ABOUT BESA**

A valid and reliable assessment that specifically responds to the needs of young Spanish-English bilingual children, BESA was developed to:

- identify phonological and/or language impairment in bilingual children and English language learners using a standardized protocol
- differentiate between a delay in English language acquisition and a true language disorder
- document children's speech and language strengths and needs
- monitor children's progress in both languages and use the information to make decisions about intervention

Through a combination of subtests for students and surveys for teachers and parents, BESA reveals the big picture of a young bilingual child's language development. **[Learn more about BESA here.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/Bilingual-English-Spanish-Assessment-BESA-P1044.aspx)**

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**[BESA At-A-Glance](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BESA-at-a-glance.pdf)**