Language Disorders in Multilingual and Multicultural Populations

Goral, Mira; Conner, Peggy S.

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“…For example, the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals ® -4th Edition Spanish (CELF-4 Spanish) [49], and the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3rd edition (GFTA-3 Spanish) [40] have language-and culture-specific norms and testing items. In the absence of such assessment tools in the client's native language, adaptations can be used [50]. While most tests are available in Spanish, the McArthur-Bates Communication Development Inventory (CDI) is a parent questionnaire that provides information about young children's vocabulary, grammar, and use of ges-tures [51].…”

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Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Santhanam¹,

Parveen²

2018

Clin Arch Commun Disord

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With the rapid rise in our culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) clientele, it is essential to understand the clinical self-efficacy of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serving these clients and to examine the efforts we have taken as a field to better prepare our future clinicians. Studies from the past 25 years that examine SLPs' clinical self-efficacy in CLD service delivery were located using electronic databases and manual searchers. A total of 13 articles were identified. A review of the existing studies indicated that reports on clinical self-efficacy among SLPs working with CLD clients has not markedly improved during the last two decades. Nevertheless, there is a positive trend in two areas: (1) the availability and access to training and resources for SLPs, and (2) the willingness to work with more CLD clients. Factors that are barriers to bilingual service delivery still need to be addressed. Future implications for stakeholders are discussed.

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Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Santhanam¹,

Parveen²

2018

Clin Arch Commun Disord

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“…A growing body of literature indicates that behavioral interventions in PPA can result in improvement of the targeted language function, although there are generalization and maintenance issues (Cadório et al, 2017). Research on bilingual aphasia rehabilitation after stroke has yielded inconsistent results regarding the pattern of cross-linguistic therapy effects (Goral and Conner, 2013). Evidence suggests that cross-language transfer of treatment gains is easier between two highly proficient languages, and from a less-proficient language to a moreproficient language (Ansaldo and Saidi, 2014).…”

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“…Various factors seem to influence language performance in bilingual individuals. Factors related to L2, include age of acquisition, method of acquisition, level of proficiency in the second language and in different modalities (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), similarity to the first language and patterns of language use (e.g., Lorenzen and Murray, 2008;Goral and Conner, 2013;Kambanaros, 2016). In bilingual speakers with an acquired language disorder, language performance in L1 and L2 also depends on the underlying pathophysiology including traumatic brain injury, stroke and neurodegeneration.…”

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Bilingualism in a Case of the Non-fluent/agrammatic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia

2018

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There is a growing body of research on language impairment in bilingual speakers with neurodegenerative diseases. Evidence as to which language is better preserved is rather inconclusive. Various factors seem to influence language performance, most notably age of acquisition, level of proficiency, immersion and degree of exposure to each language. The present study examined fluency, lexical, discourse and grammatical abilities of a Greek-French late bilingual man with the non-fluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA). Speech samples derived from three different narrative tasks in both languages were analyzed using quantitative production analysis (QPA) and fluency measures. The first aim of the study was to compare the participant's connected speech production to that of Greek-speaking normal controls. The second aim was to determine whether Greek (L1) and French (L2) were differentially impaired. To our knowledge, this is the first report of connected speech deficits in a Greek-speaking patient with PPA and the first study which uses QPA to compare L1 and L2 narratives in a bilingual speaker with PPA. Compared to neurologically healthy controls, our participant was impaired in lexical, discourse and grammatical productivity measures, but did not differ in measures of grammatical accuracy. The presence of dysfluencies, reduced speech rate and simplified syntax is consistent with the pattern of impairment reported for the nfvPPA. Results showed that narrative production measures did not differ significantly between languages. However, they suggest a slightly worse performance in his second, non-dominant, language despite a similar pattern of impairment in both languages. Lengthy exposure to L2 and regular activation of L2 through daily use may explain the preservation of discourse abilities in his non-dominant language. This study calls attention to factors such as language dominance, proficiency, patterns of use, and exposure to a language. These factors play a key role in assessing bilingual individuals with PPA and making clinical decisions.

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“…Results from these studies indicated that if a child is at risk for learning how to read in a given language, he/she is also at risk for reading difficulty in another language due to cross-linguistic factors. Further elaboration on specific reading disabilities such as dyslexia in bilinguals can be found in the paper by Goral and Conner (2013). Several of the students who are described compared the performance on various reading parameters such as phonemic and morphonological awareness, word recognition and types of language scripts.…”

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Raising children bilingually

Langdon¹

2015

Health Psychology Report

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The purpose of this article is to describe the process of becoming bilingual by sharing my own experience being raised in a four-language environment and how it influenced the upbringing of my daughter in two, and subsequently three languages. The other purpose is to dispel the myth that children with language, developmental and/or intellectual impairments or those diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum cannot or should not be exposed to two languages because it is confusing, or because they simply cannot handle two languages due to their disability. As a bilingual speech and language pathologist (SLP) who has practiced in the United States for four decades, I have unfortunately witnessed that many teachers as well as other well-meaning professionals including psychologists, therapists and even physicians discourage these children’s parents from using their first language because it might be confusing or too difficult for the child to handle. A review of recent research on children with special needs who have a variety of language, learning and communication challenges contradicts this view. The information presented should be helpful not only to parents but also to various professionals including therapists and physicians who come into contact with children with special needs who are growing up in a bilingual environment.

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Language Disorders in Multilingual and Multicultural Populations

Cited by 24 publications

References 195 publications

Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Bilingualism in a Case of the Non-fluent/agrammatic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia

Raising children bilingually

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