Bilingual Language Development & Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers

This textbook is for future speech-language pathologists who work with Spanish-English bilingual children. It covers language development, disorders, and assessment, with updated information on bilingual language development, English learners, and literacy. It is written by over 25 leading researchers and will be a valuable resource for both students and practicing professionals.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 456 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2022
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co

Dual language learners are a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. student population, with the majority speaking Spanish as their first language. This comprehensive graduate-level textbook, now in its third edition, equips future speech-language pathologists with the knowledge they need to effectively work with Spanish-English bilingual children and support their language development. Aligned with current best practices and updated with the latest research and new chapters on critical topics, this book prepares SLPs for practice with cutting-edge information on language development and disorders in Spanish-English bilingual children.

More than 25 leading researchers have compiled the high-level knowledge SLPs require to understand the complexity of language development in bilingual children, accurately distinguish language differences from disorders, and conduct effective assessment and intervention. This third edition serves as an essential graduate text, providing current and future SLPs with a broad, deep, and nuanced understanding of communication development and disorders in Spanish-English bilingual children.

New chapters have been added to address important topics such as the human right to communicate in more than one language, the development of speech perception and production in bilingual preverbal infants, culturally and linguistically responsive approaches to language intervention. Updated information has been included on bilingual language development of English learners, bilingualism and the child socialization process, bilingual lexical development, assessment, and intervention, semantic development, grammatical impairments, morphosyntactic development, cross-linguistic influence and code-switching, oral narrative language skills and disorders, first language loss and attrition, and lite.

By providing a comprehensive and up-to-date resource, this textbook empowers SLPs to provide high-quality services to this growing population of bilingual children and contribute to their language and communication development.

Weight: 361g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781681253992
Edition number: 3 Revised edition