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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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