Difference or Disorder: Understanding Speech and Language Patterns in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students - Paperback

by Ellen S. Kester (Author)

Accurately differentiate between errors that are related to second-language influence or are due to a communication disorder.Is your student having difficulty because they have an impairment or because they are learning a second language? Improve instructional targets for culturally and linguistically diverse students in the general education classroom as well as make gains and improve referrals for special education. The framework used in this book makes it easy for any education professional to distinguish between language differences and language disorders regardless of your own language background.