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Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity - Deirdre Martin

Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

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Buch | Hardcover
328 Seiten
2009
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-84769-160-6 (ISBN)
CHF 174,45 inkl. MwSt
This book offers a solution to the familiar dilemma of decoding communication difficulties for learners developing the language of schooling. The author takes a sociocultural Vygotskian approach to reinterpret international research in language disabilities, namely specific language impairment, communication difficulties, dyslexia and deafness.
Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity takes a critical perspective on traditional bio-cognitive-social approaches to language disabilities – specific language impairment, communication difficulties, dyslexia and deafness. A socio-cultural approach orientates a reinterpretation of research, educational practices and policies in assessment, teaching and intervention. A Vygotskian framework affords repositioning of assessment, learning and development for language disabilities as they are influenced and shaped by experiences of multilingualism, culture, ethnicity and race. The author, rather than present definitive answers, aims to offer new analyses and extend current understanding of linguistic phenomena fraught by dilemmas of disentangling diversity and disability. The volume serves as a source of reflection and inquiry for students, professionals and policy makers in education and health who are interested in disability and language disabilities in multilingual and multicultural contexts.

Deirdre Martin is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK.  She has extensive experience as an educator and researcher with children and families with language disabilities in multilingual societies.  She was a speech and language therapist in the UK and Peru, co-founded the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ special interest group in bilingualism and has been a specialist professional advisor.  She currently leads postgraduate programmes on language disability and dyslexia for professionals working in EAL, EFL and bilingual contexts. She has published and presented widely in the field of language development, disability and bilingualism.

Introduction



Chapter 1 A Socio-cultural Activity Approach: Key Concepts



Chapter 2 Provision for Communication Disabilities in CLD



Chapter 3 Disability and Disabling Cultural and Linguistic Diversity



Chapter 4 Bilingual Speech and Language Development and Difficulties



Chapter 5 Literacy, Literacies and Difficulties with Printed Language



Chapter 6 Deafness in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities



Chapter 7 Assessment Approaches: Comparison, Product and Process



Chapter 8 Learning, Teaching, and Intervention



Chapter 9 Collaboration as Inter-professional Learning



Chapter 10 Parents, Families and Children Working with Professionals

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.4.2009
Reihe/Serie Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Verlagsort Bristol
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 524 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Logopädie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
ISBN-10 1-84769-160-9 / 1847691609
ISBN-13 978-1-84769-160-6 / 9781847691606
Zustand Neuware
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