Differentiating Dialect from Disorder: A Comparison of Two Processing Tasks and a Standardized Language Test.

Rodekohr, Rachel K.; Haynes, William O.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Differentiating Dialect from Disorder: A Comparison of Two Processing Tasks and a Standardized Language Test.

Rodekohr, Rachel K.; Haynes, William O.

Journal of Communication Disorders, v34 n3 p255-72 May-Jun 2001

A study divided 40 children (age 7) into groups consisting of white normal language and language impaired and African American normal language and language impaired. African American English speakers with normal language scored significantly lower on the Test of Language Development-2P compared to white normal-language subjects, but did not differ on processing tasks. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Language Processing, Receptive Language, Speech Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Bias, Whites

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Language: English

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