slhs 5370 assessment considerations related to dialect and ELL

language difference

variations in speech and language production that are the result of a person's cultural, linguistic, and social environments

language disorder

reduced intelligibility, misarticulations, and idiosyncratic pattern usage in BOTH first and second language

code mixing

use of elements of two languages, sometimes in the same utterance, by young children in households where both languages are spoken

code switching

switching back and forth between one linguistic variant and another depending on the cultural context

accent

a way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker

dialect

a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

- differences in vocabulary, word forms, sentence structure, etc.

social/ethnic dialects

dialects that are generally related to socioeconomic status and/or ethnic background

regional dialects

dialects corresponding to various geographical locations

race

the biological heritage (including skin color and associated traits) that people use to identify themselves

culture

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

ethnicity

a social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race

consistent, accompanying

as an SLP, it is important to determine whether a child is using a ______ pattern of AAE features and if the child is an AAE speaker with _______ speech and language difficulties

overidentified

AAE speakers are __________ for speech services when simple differences are considered errors

underidentified

AAE speakers are _________ for speech services when SLPs are not able to distinguish between difference and disorder

DELV

an assessment tool that is used to attempt to differentiate language difference from impairment by focusing on the elements that dialects of English have in common

40%

by 2040, an estimated __% of the school-age population in the US will be ELL

simultaneous language learner

a child learning two languages at one time

- has equal exposure to both languages

- one language eventually becomes dominant

sequential language learner

a child who learns a second language after the first language is relatively well established

uneven, associations, variation

3 common characteristics of typical development in ELL

- distributed skills and _____ ability

- cross-language ________

- individual ______

warranted

intervention is _______ if speech errors are present across languages and are outside the window of developmental appropriateness