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Language Skills of Bidialectal and Bilingual Children: Considering a Strengths-Based Perspective
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Lee-James, Ryan; Washington, Julie A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
This article examines the language and cognitive skills of bidialectal and bilingual children, focusing on African American English bidialectal speakers and Spanish-English bilingual speakers. It contributes to the discussion by considering two themes in the extant literature: (1) linguistic and cognitive strengths can be found in speaking two…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Bilingualism, Children, Black Dialects
New Branches from Old Roots: Experts Respond to Questions about African American English Development and Language Intervention
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Burns, Frances A.; Velleman, Shelley L.; Green, Lisa J.; Roeper, Tom – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
This article uses a question-and-answer format to respond to questions about working with children who speak African American English (AAE) in clinical and educational contexts. The respondents urge speech-language pathologists to appreciate AAE as students' first language, to view all language for its communicative potential, and to remain aware…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Children, Language Acquisition, Intervention
Differentiating Speech Sound Disorders from Phonological Dialect Differences: Implications for Assessment and Intervention
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Velleman, Shelley L.; Pearson, Barbara Zurer – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
B. Z. Pearson, S. L. Velleman, T. J. Bryant, and T. Charko (2009) demonstrated phonological differences in typically developing children learning African American English as their first dialect vs. General American English only. Extending this research to children with speech sound disorders (SSD) has key implications for intervention. A total of…
Descriptors: North American English, Black Dialects, Phonology, Differences
Language Intervention and AAE-Speaking Children: Issues and Preliminary Data
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Craig-Unkefer, Lesley; Camarata, Stephen – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Facilitating language development in children with specific language impairment (SLI) who are learning African American English (AAE) as their first dialect requires clinicians to consider grammatical, lexical, and cultural differences. The purpose of this article is to examine 2 intervention methods that have an extensive history of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intervention, Delayed Speech, Language Impairments