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Author | : Sharon Armon-Lotem |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027258910 |
COST Action IS0804 “Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment” aimed to profile bilingual specific language impairment (biSLI) by establishing a network for research on the linguistic and cognitive abilities of bilingual children with SLI across different migrant communities. A battery of tools for Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings (LITMUS) was designed within the Action to achieve these aims, including the Parental Bilingual Questionnaire, the Sentence Repetition Task, the Crosslinguistic Lexical Tasks, the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives, and two nonword repetition tasks that are not language-specific. The chapters in this volume present research on one or more of the LITMUS tasks in bilingual children with typical language development and on use of the LITMUS testing battery for identifying possible language impairment. The work presented here will be of interest for researchers and clinicians alike, and have profound impact in our understanding of bilingual language development and impairment.
Author | : Deirdre Martin |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-10-04 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1783090677 |
This volume draws together current research on dyslexia and literacy in multilingual settings across disciplines and methodologies. The contributors, all internationally recognised in the field, address developmental and acquired literacy difficulties and dyslexia in a range of language contexts including EAL/EFL. The book uses theories and analytical frameworks of a critical nature to reveal prejudicial social practices, and suggests future research directions towards a critical re-consideration of current understandings of dyslexia in multilingual settings, with a view to foregrounding the potential for interdisciplinarity. The book also suggests ways forward for evidence-informed practice, and it will be a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and students alike.
Author | : Dina C. Castro |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2021-04-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1800411863 |
Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children’s development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.
Author | : Sharon Armon-Lotem |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1783093129 |
Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language assessment and education have only limited diagnostic instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant children from those who will eventually catch up with their monolingual peers. This book presents a comprehensive set of tools for assessing the linguistic abilities of bilingual children. It aims to disentangle effects of bilingualism from those of SLI, making use of both models of bilingualism and models of language impairment. The book's methods-oriented focus will make it an essential handbook for practitioners who look for measures which could be adapted to a variety of languages in diverse communities, as well as academic researchers.
Author | : Laurence B. Leonard |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Children |
ISBN | : 9780262621366 |
Children with Specific Language Impairment covers all aspects of SLI, including its history, possible genetic and neurobiological origins, and clinical and educational practice.
Author | : Christina Bratt Paulston |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
This work begins with an introduction to the general problems linguistic minorities face in multilingual settings and goes on to look more specifically at some case studies in Tanzania, Sweden and Peru, and at the revitalization of certain languages such as Irish.
Author | : Ute Bohnacker |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027260346 |
Comprehension of texts and understanding of questions is a cornerstone of successful human communication. Whilst reading comprehension has been thoroughly investigated in the last decade, there is surprisingly little research on children’s comprehension of picture stories, particularly for bilinguals. This can be partially explained by the lack of cross-culturally robust, cross-linguistic instruments targeting early narration. This book presents an inference-based model of narrative comprehension and a tool that grew out of a large-scale European project on multilingualism. Covering a range of language settings, the book uses the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives to answer the question which narrative comprehension skills (bilingual) children can be expected to master at a certain age, and explores how such comprehension is affected (or not affected) by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. Linking theory to method, the book will appeal to researchers in linguistics and psychology and graduate students interested in narrative, multilingualism, and language acquisition.
Author | : Laura Gurney |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 226 |
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ISBN | : 3031574842 |
Author | : Elena Babatsouli |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2017-11-20 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1783099100 |
This book presents diverse, original research studies on typical and atypical child language acquisition in monolingual, bilingual and bi-dialectal settings, with a focus on development, assessment and research methodology. Languages investigated in the studies include underrepresented languages, such as Farsi, Greek, Icelandic, isiXhosa, Maltese, Mandarin and Slovene, without excluding representative work in major languages like English and Spanish. The language areas of focus are phonology, lexicon, morphology and syntax and the book incorporates studies in under-researched language impairment, such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and language impairment in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. The book has practical significance in that it proposes tools and assessment practices that are of universal crosslinguistic relevance while also dealing with language-specific complications. The studies presented enhance existing knowledge and stimulate answers on what the acquisition of disparate languages in different contexts can teach us about language/communication development in the presence or absence of disorder.
Author | : Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2013-09-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 178309009X |
This book discusses key issues surrounding the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers. It brings together researchers working on bilingual and multilingual children in a variety of multilingual settings and is essential reading for anyone assessing performance and multilingualism.