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