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The Use of Nonword Keywords in the Speech Assessment of English Second Language Learners
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Ross, Lauren; Geertsema, Salomé; le Roux, Mia; Alet Graham, Marien – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Use of nonwords is a potentially more appropriate method of assessment for English second language (EL2) learners. A mixed comparative design was used to compare the effects when using nonwords instead of picture-based stimuli to assess articulation of EL2 learners. Subaims were to compare results between two tests and age groups. In all, 16…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Articulation (Speech), Speech Tests
Crossing Conceptual Thresholds in Doctoral Communities
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McKenna, Sioux – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
The traditional apprenticeship model of supervision in which the single scholar charts her individual research path is giving way to more collaborative learning environments. Doctoral programmes, in which communities of scholars work together, have become increasingly common. This study interrogated how being part of such a community enables the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Apprenticeships, Models, Cooperative Learning
Sounds Affecting the Moments of Stuttering in Multilingualism: A Case Study
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Morrish, Taryn; Nesbitt, Amy; le Roux, Mia; Zsilavecz, Ursula; van der Linde, Jeannie – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Research involving stuttering in multilingual individuals is limited. Speech-language therapists face the challenge of treating a diverse client base, which includes multilingual individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the stuttering moments across English, Afrikaans, and German in a multilingual speaker. A single multilingual adult with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stuttering, Multilingualism, Case Studies
The Clinical Practice of Speech and Language Therapists with Children with Phonologically Based Speech Sound Disorders
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Oliveira, Carla; Lousada, Marisa; Jesus, Luis M. T. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) represent a large number of speech and language therapists' caseloads. The intervention with children who have SSD can involve different therapy approaches, and these may be articulatory or phonologically based. Some international studies reveal a widespread application of articulatory based approaches in…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Speech Impairments, Children
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Intelligibility in Context Scale for South Africa
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Pascoe, Michelle; McLeod, Sharynne – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2016
The Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) is a screening questionnaire that focuses on parents' perceptions of children's speech in different contexts. Originally developed in English, it has been translated into 60 languages and the validity and clinical utility of the scale has been documented in a range of countries. In South Africa, there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Parent Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies
The Treatment of Anomia in Sesotho: A Case for Parametric Aphasiology
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Penn, Claire; Archer, Brent – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
South Africa, as a multilingual country, offers the opportunity for examining the interaction between aphasic symptomatology and the parameters of language. Effective intervention techniques depend on an understanding of clinical linguistics. This article describes an intervention study with two Sesotho-speaking individuals with anomia. Sesotho as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, African Languages, English