Bilingual (Spanish/English) assessment focuses on identifying language disorder among bilingual children, i.e., children whose native language is Spanish and who are learning English as a second language. In the past such children have often been either over diagnosed, failing to consider English as the second language, or under diagnosed, assuming that more time was needed to master English. Recent research has addressed these issues, highlighting the need for language assessments that are comparable in each language and that have normative data on bilingual speakers. These issues and more will be covered in this course.
Learner outcomes:
- Provide rationale for assessing language development in both Spanish and English.
- Recognize the importance of language sample analysis in the assessment process.
- List three challenges associated with bilingual language assessment.
Materials needed: Adobe Reader® or other PDF reader which is needed to view document files.
SALT Course Id: 1601
Level: Introductory
Time to complete: 30 minutes
At this time, ASHA will not accept this course for Professional Development Hours
One of the most powerful analysis tools built into SALT is the ability to compare an individual language sample to age or grade-matched peers selected from the reference databases. In order for the comparison to be valid, however, the language samples should be elicited following the same protocol as was used to collect the database samples. In this course you will learn about SALT's Bilingual (Spanish/English) and Monolingual Spanish reference databases and how to collect comparable samples.
Learner outcomes:
- Describe the participants whose samples are stored in the Bilingual Spanish/English and Monolingual Spanish reference databases.
- Describe the sampling protocol used in the Bilingual Spanish/English and Monolingual Spanish reference databases.
- Elicit English and Spanish language samples following the database protocol.
Materials Needed: Adobe Reader® which is needed to view document files.
SALT Course Id: 1602
Level: Introductory
Time to complete: 30 minutes
At this time, ASHA will not accept this course for Professional Development Hours.
The standard SALT conventions also apply to Spanish samples and are not repeated here. This course covers the following conventions which are specific to Bilingual (Spanish/English) samples:
- Setting up a bilingual Spanish transcript
- Spanish character set
- Overview of transcription conventions
- Modified communication units
- Identifying Spanish root forms
- Reflexive vs non-reflexive pronouns
- Plural bound morphemes
- Bound pronominal clitics
- Omissions
- Spanish spelling conventions
- Customized codes
Prerequisite: Familiarity with the standard SALT transcription conventions
Learner outcomes:
- Segment utterances based on modified communication units.
- Transcribe Spanish language samples using the SALT transcription conventions.
- Use the SALT software to automatically identify the root forms of Spanish verbs.
Materials needed:
- SALT 24 or SALT 20 software. Older versions of the software may be used though you may notice differences in the menu structures and the reports.
- Adobe Reader® or other PDF reader which is needed to view document files.
SALT Course Id: 1603
Level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 2 hours
At this time, ASHA will not accept this course for Professional Development Hours.
Three practice audios are provided which incorporate all the features of Spanish transcription. Download and transcribe each audio sample. Then compare your transcription with the "master" transcript.
Learner outcomes:
- Transcribe Spanish samples following the SALT transcription format.
- Code samples for features specific to bilingual transcription, such as marking code-switched words and identifying root forms.
- Use a digital playback system.
Materials needed:
- SALT 24 or SALT 20 software. Older versions of the software may be used though you may notice differences in the menu structures and the reports.
- A digital playback system for playing the audio while you type in the text.
- Adobe Reader® or other PDF reader which is needed to view document files.
SALT Course Id: 1604
Level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 1-3 hours
At this time, ASHA will not accept this course for Professional Development Hours.