Chapter 5 Flashcards
Demographics
persons from multicultural backgrounds are increasing greatly in the U.S
What are elective services?
- choice-accent training for adults, for example
- Public schools: no elective services. We treat disorders, not differences
Speech sound errors:
transfer from L1 (first language) or actual characteristics of a disorder
Transfer-
a structure in L2 (second language) is influenced directly by a structure in L1 (first language)
What are Dialects?
-mutually intelligible forms of a language associated with a particular region,
ethnicity, or social class.
In U.S., business dialect is…
-General American English (also called Mainstream American English and Standard American English)
Children may be..
bilingual or bidialectal
What are the Two kinds of bilingualism?
- Simultaneous- children is exposed to two languages at birth
- Successive-l1 at birth and l2 comes later
Age of L2 acquisition is important for accent
You will have a good L2 accent if:
- Exposed to L2 before approximately 8 years of age
- They used to say puberty (12-13 years)
Children all over the globe exhibit phonological processes:
- Consonant cluster reduction
- Fronting of velars
- Stopping of Fricatives
NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES
- NA languages spoken mainly by elders, not children
- Many NA langs have glottal stops
SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN
- Hispanic community is the nations largest minority community
- 2010 census: 50.5 million Hispanics/latinos in U.S- 16% of total population(not on exam)
- 63% of Hispanics are mexican
Spanish phonological system is..
simpler than English
How many vowels does English and Spanish have?
English has 15 vowels; Spanish has 5
Spanish doesn’t have /v,th,th,z,3/
No initial s cluster(ex: spend, skate)
Assessment and Treatment
- Make sure interpreter speaks same dialect
- Get a conversational sample
- Only treat for disorders, not differences
What are 5 factors influencing use of AAE
- Age (younger ch. use it more)
- Socioeconomic status (low-SES families use it more than middle and upper SES)
- Geographic location (more in the south)
- Education (l;ess in highly educated families)
- Gender (more boys than girls)
5 Factors Influencing Use of AAE
- Age (younger ch use it more)
- Socioeconomic status (low-SES families use it more than middle- and upper-SES)
- Geographic location (more in the south)
- Education (less in highly educated families)
- Gender (more boys than girls)
Phonological Characteristics of AAE
- Metathesis (aeks/aesk)
- Final consonant deletion
- Cluster reduction
- d/th very common
what are speech sound errors:
Transfer from L1 (First lang) or actual characteristics of a disorder
what is transfer?
a structure in L2 ( second lang) is influenced directly by a structure in L1
Asian, Pacific islander and Arabic letters languages
- in 2012, there was 18.9 millions Asians in the Us
- largest groups:
1. Chinese
2. Filipinos
3. Asians Indians - great heterogeneity of langs
In U.S. business dialect is…
General American English (Also called Mainstream American English and Standard American English