Communication Disorders in Multilingual Populations
Second International Symposium, Kwa Maritane, South Africa, July 2000. Special Issue: 'Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica' 2001, Vol. 53, No 3. Special Topic Issue: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 2001, Vol. 53, No. 3
Published on 17. April 2001
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The articles in this special issue were selected to represent the wide range of topics covered at the Second International Symposium on Communication Disorders in Multilingual Populations which was held in South Africa in July 2000. Special emphasis was placed on the need for cultural awareness and education of speech language therapists who work with multilingual populations. Topics include the significance of cultural variables in assessment and therapy, verbal fluency in elderly bilingual speakers, cognitive and linguistic profiles of specific language impairment and semantic-pragmatic disorders in bilinguals. The articles in this special issue should stimulate interest in the many aspects of bilingualism in populations with communication disorders and encourage further research.
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Educating speech-language pathologists for a multicultural world; significance of cultural variables in assessment and therapy; acquired alexia in multilingual aphasia and computer-assisted treatment in both languages - issues of generalisation and transfer; verbal fluency in elderly bilingual speakers - normative data and preliminary application to Alzheimer's disease; cognitive and linguistic profiles of specific language impairment and semantic-pragmatic disorder in bilinguals; comparison of cross-language generalisation following speech therapy; early reading for low-SES minority language children - an attempt to "catch them before they fall.