Juliet's Multicultural Issues

Front 1

List 5 variables in that influence individual behavior within a culture.

Back 1

1. Religion
2. Gender
3. Age
4. Educational level
5. Socio-economic status

Front 2

List the factors that cause dilectal differences.

Back 2

1. Geographic regions
2. Socio-economic status
3. Speaking situation
4. Group membership

Front 3

List some characteristics of African American English.

Back 3

1. Omission of noun possessive
2. Omission of noun plural
3.Past tense ending omitted
4. Multiple negatives

Front 4

List some characteristics of Spanish influenced English

Back 4

1. Adjective comes after noun
2. s is often omitted in plurals and possessives
3. Omission of past tense ed
4. Double negatives
5. The adverb often follows the verb

Front 5

List some characteristics of Asian influenced English

Back 5

1. Omission of plurals
2. Omission of copula
3. Omission of possessive
4. Misuse of pronouns
5. Past tense double marking

Front 6

Explain the term Silent period.

Back 6

When learning a second language, the student goes through a silent period in which there is much listening and comprehension and little output.

Front 7

Explain the term Code Switching

Back 7

Code Switching is the alternating or switching between two languages at the word ,phrase or sentence level.

Front 8

True of False. children adopted before age 12 cannot be expected for the most part to develop English language at the same rate as a baby born in the United States.

Back 8

False

Front 9

True of False. Children who show language delays when they first arrived the US are likely to continue to show delays in language development over time.

Back 9

True

Front 10

True or False. It takes culturally and lingustically diverse children 2 years to develop basic interpersonal communication skills to a level commensurate to that of native speakers.

Back 10

True

Front 11

True or False. According to IDEA, 2004, all children, regardless of their disabilities, are entitled to an appropriate and free education.

Back 11

True

Front 12

List 5 alternatives to standardized tests.

Back 12

1. Authentic assessments
2. Language samples
3. Dynamic approach assessments
4. portfolio method assessment
5. Narratives

Front 13

List some medical conditions prevalent in African Americans as a group.

Back 13

1. High incidence of traumatic brain injury
2. High incidence of stroke and hypertension
3. Low incidence of cleft palate

Front 14

List some medical conditions prevalent in Asian Americans as a group.

Back 14

1. High prevalence of cleft palate
2. High incidence of strokes
3. Low incidence of Alzheimers

Front 15

True or False. Less than 8% of speech-language pathologists in the USA are non-whites.

Back 15

True

Front 16

True or False. An example of a cognitively demanding tasks is greetings and rehearsed utterances.

Back 16

Fasle

Front 17

List 4 types of cultural biases.

Back 17

1. Situational bias: a mis-match between clinician and client.
2. Format bias
3. Value bias
4. Linguistic bias

Front 18

True or False. A disadvantage to using non-standardized tests is that they are time consuming.

Back 18

True

Front 19

List specific accommodations in in administering standardized testd to CLD children.

Back 19

1. Provide additional response time
2. Provide additional repetitions
3. Continue testing past the ceiling
4. Accept revised answers
5. Ask client to explain unusual responses

Front 20

List factors that would influence a family's participation in therapy.

Back 20

1. Beliefs concerning health and illness
2. Financial concerns
3. Accessibility to services
4. Poor familiarity to treatment models
5. Expectations regarding progress and outcomes.