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Bilingualism and DLD

Key Points:

 

  • Bilingualism does not cause, or contribute to a speech, language or communication disorder

  • Bilingual children with DLD will experience difficulties acquiring both (all) their languages.

  • The types of errors bilingual children with DLD make depends on the language combination the child speaks.

  • Assessment and intervention must always be carried out in both/all languages in line with RCSLT clinical guidelines. 

Chiat, S., Armon-Lotem, S., de Jong, J. and Meir, N., 2015. Nonword repetition. Methods for assessing multilingual children: Disentangling bilingualism from language impairment, pp.125-150

 

Meir, N., Walters, J., & Armon-Lotem, S. (2016). Disentangling SLI and bilingualism using sentence repetition tasks: The impact of L1 and L2 properties. International Journal of Bilingualism, 20(4), 421-452

 

 

Polišenská, K., Chiat, S., & Roy, P. (2014). Sentence repetition: what does the task measure?. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.


Roseberry-McKibbin, C. (2021). Utilizing Comprehensive Preassessment Procedures for Differentiating Language Difference From Language Impairment in English Learners. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 42(2), 93-99

 

Lectures

Bilingualism and Language Impairment: theoretical and clinical issues_Elma Blom https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dJSmxcJYwc4

 

Module on bilingualism and DLD https://www.naplic.org.uk/diagnosing-dld-online-learning/module-6-bilingualism-and-developmental-language-disorder/

 

Working with speech and language disorders in a bilingual context: 

http://www.bilingualism.co.uk

 

Teaching support for bilingual students with disabilities

How to determine if a student is struggling with language acquisition or has learning disabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DmHvjXDFw

Teaching bilingual students with disabilities:

https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/teaching-bilingual-learners-disabilities-integrated-co-teaching-dual-language-program

 

Special Education Needs/Disabilities (SEND) or bilingual? https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/emtas/assessment-and-send/send-bilingual-guide-

Raising Awareness of DLD:

https://radld.org/in-your-country/ 

DLD and Me: 

https://dldandme.org/bilingualism-and-dld/#:~:text=Bilingual%20children%20with%20developmental%20language,concepts%2C%20and%20storytelling%20are%20hard

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