Working with Bilingual Language Disability (Therapy in Practice Series) - Softcover

Duncan, Deirdre M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412339404 ISBN 13: 9780412339400

Publisher: Springer, 1989

Synopsis

The decision to write this book was taken by a group of practising speech therapists who worked with bilingually language handi­ capped children in the UK. They formed a professional interest group called the Specific Interest Group in Bilingualism because of the need felt by speech therapists to have some forum for discuss­ ing the challenges posed by the assessment and treatment of the bilingually language handicapped. In these regular discussion groups it became clear that similar experiences were encountered by all speech therapists working with these client populations up and down the country. They centred on managing the linguistic diversity, the need for develop­ mental language information, the need for appropriate assessment protocols, the recruitment of bilingual staff and appreciating the positive perspective of working in this field. In the UK the range of languages is extensive. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Ukranian, Hong Kong Chinese, Vietnamese Chinese, Creole, Black English, Bengali, Gujerati and Panjabi cover the main ethnolinguistic groups. In the 1987 ILEA language census over 140 languages were recorded as being spoken in London.

About this title

Synopsis

This volume deals with the practical issues involved in working with language handicapped children from bilingual communities. Written by practising teachers and speech therapists, the book reflects the experiences and the realities of working with such children within a sound theoretical framework. Attention is give to the issues facing all practitioners involved with this client population and includes such topics as assessment, language choice in therapy, the need for developmental language information, therapy initiatives and bilingual staffing. New research in Panjabi and Bengali mother-tongue and second language English is presented and detailed suggestions are given about setting up similar research studies which will be useful for practitioners and managers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412339404
• ISBN 13: 9780412339400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224