1.04 - Ch. 10 - Multicultural Issues in Intervention Flashcards
What does ELL stand for?
English Language Learner
What does CLD stand for?
Cultural & Linguistic Diversity
What is code-switching?
Alternating the use of language or dialect in accordance to the context or listener needs
What does SES stand for?
Socioeconomic status
How might SES affect language therapy?
Those of lower SES tend to be primarily concerned with day-to-day living
Clients may be more focused on immediate and concrete changes
Cultural competence has been defined a the ability to _______ in ways that ______ upon ethnic, culture, and linguistic diveristy.
Think, feel, & act
Acknowledge, respect, & build
What is the most important factor in a clinician being able to adapt and react appropriately to CLD variables?
Flexibility
What should the client look at first: the ethnicity/culture or the individual?
Individual
Does Islamic tradition permit a female client from receiving therapy services from a male clinician?
No
How might extended family be involved with a client from an Islamic background?
They might expect to participate in therapy sessions and be offended if they are excluded
Does Hinduism allow photographs and/or videotapes of female clients?
No
Japanese mothers tend to use less ______ (and more ______) communications behaviors than middle class American mothers when interacting with their young children.
Verbal
Non-verbal
Hispanic families may experience difficulty acknowledging disabilities that have no ________.
Physical manifestations
Asian cultures often view _______ as a critical component of intelligence. European cultures have a model of intelligence that involves ________.
Social skills
Innate cognitive skills
North Americans exhibit a much greater degree of eye contact as _____ than as _____.
Listeners
Speakers
African Americans exhibit a much greater degree of eye contact as _____ than as _____.
Speakers
Listeners
Asian/Pacific Islanders often perceive eye contact as _________.
An expression of hostility
Native Americans tend to interpret direct eye contact as _________.
A sign of disrespect
Western cultures associate smiling with _______.
Positive meaning
Japanese culture associates smiling with _____ or _____.
Shyness
Embarassment
Other Asian cultures may interpret smiling as a sign of _______ or ________.
Weakness
Superficiality
What does Ambilingual mean?
Speaks both languages with the proficiency of a native speaker
What does Equilingual mean?
Communicates effectively ini both langauges
What does Semiligual mean?
Demonstrates poor mastery of both languages
What does Language Proficiency mean?
That someone is competent in or has mastery of a given language
This may change over time
What does Language Dominance mean?
A preference for or comfort with one language in a particular context
What is language interference/transfer?
When the grammar, vocab, phonology, and/or pragmatics of one language has an impact of the production of utterances on the other language
What is Language Loss?
Previously mastered skills in the first language can be negatively affected by the introduction of a second language.
What is Simultaneous Language Acquisition?
When a child is exposed to and acquires 2+ languages from birth
What is Sequential/Successive Language Acquisition?
When the second language is introduced later in childhood
This usually occurs after 3 years of age
What is Immersion Language Learning?
When the first language is de-emphasized
All instruction occurs in second language
What is Transitional Language Learning?
When the first language is used to teach the second language until the student has reached the proficiency needed for the classroom
What is Maintenance?
Both languages continue to be used in the instructional setting in varying degrees
The goal is to allow the child to maintain some proficiency in their native langauge
How can Aphasia be unique in bilinguals?
The aphasia may be equally present in both languages or may be more severe in one but not the other
