bilingual children - exam 3 Flashcards
what is bilingualism
knowledge & use of more than one language
what are unimodal bilinguals
use languages that are either all spoken or all signed
what are bimodal bilinguals
1 or more spoken & 1 or more signed languages
majority of languages spoken at home in US
only English
what % of people speak a language other than English at home
22.5%
what level of proficiency do bilingual SLPs need
native/near native
simultaneous bilingual
someone who is exposed to 2+ languages beginning from age 0-3
sequential bilingual
someone who is exposed to 1 language from birth
begins exposure to another language after age 3
is being bilingual equivalent to being monolingual in 2 languages
no
bilingual children have qualitatively different language experiences
why not bilingual & monolingual 2x
distributed exposure
language input 100% English vs 50% English & 50% Spanish
codeswitching
using more than one language or dialect within a single conversation
can happen between ir within an utterance
why codeswitch
not sure of English word
no/poor translation
English word harder to pronounce
teaching new words
one parent/one language
technique for managing language exposure in bilingual homes where each adult speaks a diff language
hard to maintain
no evidence that it’s better or worse
over identification in bilinguals
language may appear delayed when comparing bilinguals to monolingual norms
under identification in bilinguals
true language delay may be mistaken for low exposure
gold standard for bilingual child language development
relying on a measure designed for or adapted to that language community
bilingual language sample analysis
easy as long as you can collect & transcribe sample in language of interest
databases for comparison exist for spanish-english bilinguals
red flags for bilingual language development
child isn’t achieving BILINGUAL milestones
child’s language ability isn’t consistent w/ their amount of exposure
child’s language ability is clinically low in both languages
dialect
neutral label to refer to any variety of a language which is shared by a a group of speakers
monolingual vs bilingual vocab size
ask a bilingual child to name certain number of vocab words in one language - maybe not as many as a monolingual child
both languages - as much or more than a monolingual child
what is one of the most discriminated against variety of American English
AAVE
AAVE common rules
deletion of “be”
dropped -ed
dropped possessive -s
swapped past tense verb & past participle (she seen him)
dropped plural -s when pluarilty clear
differences in negation (ain’t & double negatives)
how adults engage w prelinguistic children
conversations w/ babies are normal & encouraged in North America
viewed as inappropriate or strange in some cultures
linguistic differences in whether nouns or verbs are emphasized
other cultural factors impacting language
daycare or not
family makeup
attitude toward language / cognitive impairment
