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Considerations of Dialect on the Identification of Speech Sound Disorder in Vietnamese-Speaking Children
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Ben Ph?m; Sharynne McLeod – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The dialect spoken by children influences diagnostic decision-making regarding the identification and severity of speech sound disorder (SSD). Aims: The primary objective was to review papers that examined the influence of dialect on the identification of SSD in Vietnamese-speaking children. Methods & Procedures: Five studies of…
Descriptors: Dialects, Disability Identification, Speech Impairments, Foreign Countries
Challenging the Monolingual Mindset: Understanding Plurilingual Pedagogies in English as an Additional Language (EAL) Classrooms
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Slaughter, Yvette; Cross, Russell – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Current theories of bilingualism argue that the language practices of bilinguals are drawn from a single linguistic repertoire, and that enabling access to the full breadth of students' language practices can be a vital resource for further language development. This challenges commonplace practices within English as an Additional Language (EAL)…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Professionals' Guidance about Spoken Language Multilingualism and Spoken Language Choice for Children with Hearing Loss
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Crowe, Kathryn; McLeod, Sharynne – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2016
The purpose of this research was to investigate factors that influence professionals' guidance of parents of children with hearing loss regarding spoken language multilingualism and spoken language choice. Sixteen professionals who provide services to children and young people with hearing loss completed an online survey, rating the importance of…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Cultural Pluralism
Integrating Bilingualism, Verbal Fluency, and Executive Functioning across the Lifespan
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Zeng, Zhen; Kalashnikova, Marina; Antoniou, Mark – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2019
Bilingual experience has an impact on an individual's linguistic processing and general cognitive abilities. The relation between these linguistic and non-linguistic domains, in turn, is mediated by individual linguistic proficiency and developmental changes that take place across the lifespan. This study evaluated this relationship by assessing…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Verbal Ability, Language Fluency, Executive Function
Comprehension of Competing Argument Marking Systems in Two Australian Mixed Languages
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O'Shannessy, Carmel; Meakins, Felicity – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
Crosslinguistic influence has been seen in bilingual adult and child learners when compared to monolingual learners. For speakers of Light Warlpiri and Gurindji Kriol there is no monolingual group for comparison, yet crosslinguistic influence can be seen in how the speakers resolve competition between case-marking and word order systems in each…
Descriptors: Sentences, Sociolinguistics, Monolingualism, Word Order
Psycholinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism.
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Dopke, S.; And Others – 1991
This paper considers psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism from two perspectives: the psychology of the individual and social psychology. The linguistic development of children is described and research is presented that compares bilingual and monolingual children with respect to cognitive development. The emotional consequences of parents'…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Development