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Bilingual children with communication disorders and the Cumulative Effects Hypothesis| title | Bilingual children with communication disorders and the Cumulative Effects Hypothesis |
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| start_date | 2024/05/28 |
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| schedule | 16h-18h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | Salle H432 |
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| details | Série de 4 séminaires sur le thème "Bilingualism in Children with Typical and Atypical Development". |
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| summary | Developmental disorders that impact language and communication development include Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Down’s Syndrome (DS). A common belief among parents and professionals (and some researchers) is that dual language learning is too burdensome for children with developmental disorders; that it would exacerbate symptoms of their disorder and cause delays and difficulties in their already compromised language development. This belief is labelled the Cumulative Effects Hypothesis as it assumes that both dual language learning and a developmental disorder would add up to a double disadvantage for a child (Paradis et al., 2021). In this lecture I will discuss research addressing this hypothesis, and I will argue that the weight of evidence supports the opposing view that children with developmental disorders have the capacity for bilingualism. I will also present research on L2 development and individual differences in bilingual children with DLD and ASD, noting similarities and dissimilarities with their typically developing bilingual peers and their monolingual peers with the same disorder. Next, I will turn to more clinically focussed topics. The disconnect between research on capacity for bilingualism and the opportunities for bilingualism for children with disorders will be critically examined, with a special focus on advice to parents, parent beliefs and home language practices and policies. Time permitting, the final topic will be issues in the accurate identification of language disorders in bilingual children and evidence-based strategies to improve accuracy in assessment with bilinguals. |
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| responsibles | Hemforth |
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| submitted | published | | 2024/04/17 14:49 UTC |
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