Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Preschool Language Flashcards
BICS
Basic interpersonal communication skills
- can you play with other kids, request things from teacher
CALP
cognitive academic language proficiency
- can you succeed in a classroom. takes more years to master than BICS
Simultaneous bilingual
exposure to 2 languages from birth
Sequential bilingual
exposure to 1 language first
is simultaneous or sequential bilinguals more of a challenge for diagnosing language disorders?
sequential because more variability in their language
Collective language system
early s/l milestones are acheived at same time/rate as monolinguals when collective language system is taken into account
30 english words plus 20 russian words are equal to the 50 monolingual english words
Simultaneous bilingualism implications of LI
- by age 3-5, at least one language will be equivalent to monolingual norms across most language areas, just probably not vocabulary
- at least one language should be okay in assessment of LI, but still need to support both languages in treatment
language performance in sequential bilingualism
language experience plus language ability determine how well you’ll do on test.
more pronounce in kids with different experiences
Relevant parameters of experience
- age of L2 exposure
- contexts of L1 vs. L2 use over time
- school, friends, family, community media - sociolinguistic status of L1 vs. L2
- english holds more power and prestige
language growth in typical sequential bilingual preschoolers
- english gets better faster in preschool period, while L2 gets better slower
- english tends to grow very fast when introduced to sequential bilingual
vocabulary of sequential bilingual preschoolers
more overlap in expressive vocabulary
Cultural parameters of interest
- status of professionals/general social structure
- role of parents in the family
- role of children in the family
- beliefs about communication disorders
- pragmatic conventions
- views on time
high context culture
transmit knowledge less though words and more through context such as environment and gesture and reliance on shared knowledge
low context culture
rely more on words and verbal communication. classrooms and language assessments are very low context
What should be included in bilingual assessment
- non-linguistic play (joint attention)
- parent interview
- case history
- interviews: parents, teachers
- linguistic knowledge
- observation (child and child with peers, siblings, parents)
Processing-dependent measures premise
increase the processing demands, decrease the role of language knowledge/experience
processing-dependent measures examples
- nonword repetition
- digit span
- matching tone patterns
- memory for words while processing other information