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Karla N. Washington; Rachel Wright Karem; Leslie E. Kokotek; Michelle León – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: There is a shortage of available methods to accurately inform the developmental status of children whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds vary from the mainstream. The purpose of this review article was to describe different approaches used to support the accurate characterization of speech, language, and functional communication in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Relevance, Evaluation Methods, Cultural Differences
Mattheier, Klaus – Deutsche Sprache, 1974
The concept of language barrier has its derivations in the fields of dialectology, sociology and psychology. In contemporary usage however, the concept has two meanings i.e. regional-cultural barrier and socio-cultural barrier. (Text is in German.) (DS)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Dialects
Lester, Mark; And Others – ELT Documents, 1978
This issue contains articles ranging from a theoretical discussion of the nature of an international language to an assessment of the implications of teaching a local form of English. The following articles are included: (1) "International English and Language Variation," by M. Lester; (2) "The English Language, Ideology, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Dialect Studies