Learn how normal Spanish speech processes can negatively impact intelligibility in English.
Spanish is the primary language of 79% of students with limited English proficiency. Increasingly, SLPs are realizing the need to learn more about bilingual speech and language development to enhance their ability to provide services to their bilingual students. We provide a framework on bilingual development that helps SLPs distinguish between typical and atypical phonological patterns of Spanish-speaking children learning English.
>This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Professional area, Introductory level).
Describe basic principles of the Competition Model and its application to second language acquisition
Identify similarities and differences between the phonological systems of Spanish and English
Recognize common articulation patterns of sequential bilingual (Spanish/English) children while they are acquiring English
Differentiate between normal articulation patterns and signs of speech impairments
FINANCIAL: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Dr. Ellen Kester is the owner of Bilinguistics and receives a salary. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses. NONFINANCIAL: Ellen Kester does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.
FINANCIAL: Brenda Gorman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Dr. Brenda Gorman does not have any financial relationships to disclose. NONFINANCIAL: Dr. Gorman does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.