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PREFACE
The United States is home to an incredibly diverse population.
Languages and
It is estimated that more than one in five school‐age children speak a
Dialects
language other than English at home, and the population of English
language learners is projected to continue growing (U.S. Census
Arabic
Bureau, 2008). Given the increasing numbers and diversity of English
language learners, it is essential that information about other Czech
languages and cultures is easily accessible and applicable for educators.
Farsi
Difference or Disorder? provides thorough information that is easily
French
applied to support important decisions about educational placement
and services. German
The development of this book stemmed from the needs of a Hebrew
group of speech‐language pathologists evaluating the speech and
Japanese
language skills of children from many different linguistic and cultural
Korean
backgrounds. The framework used to distinguish language differences
from language disorders is beneficial for all educators, and the use of Mandarin
this framework will result in improved instructional targets for
Russian
culturally and linguistically diverse students in the general education
Spanish
classroom, as well as more informed decisions about which students
Vietnamese
need special education support.
African‐American i
English
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