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Working with Bilingual Language Disability 1989 Edition
Contributor(s): Duncan, Deirdre M. (Author)
ISBN: 0412339404     ISBN-13: 9780412339400
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 1989
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Medical | Pediatrics
Dewey: 618.928
LCCN: 88030012
Series: Therapy in Practice
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 212 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The decision to write this book was taken by a group of practising speech therapists who worked with bilingually language handi- capped children in the UK. They formed a professional interest group called the Specific Interest Group in Bilingualism because of the need felt by speech therapists to have some forum for discuss- ing the challenges posed by the assessment and treatment of the bilingually language handicapped. In these regular discussion groups it became clear that similar experiences were encountered by all speech therapists working with these client populations up and down the country. They centred on managing the linguistic diversity, the need for develop- mental language information, the need for appropriate assessment protocols, the recruitment of bilingual staff and appreciating the positive perspective of working in this field. In the UK the range of languages is extensive. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Ukranian, Hong Kong Chinese, Vietnamese Chinese, Creole, Black English, Bengali, Gujerati and Panjabi cover the main ethnolinguistic groups. In the 1987 ILEA language census over 140 languages were recorded as being spoken in London.