Executive functions in mono- and bilingual children with language impairment – issues for speech-language pathology

Frontiers in Psychology

Olof eSandgren¹  Ketty eHolmström¹ 

[1] Lund University;

关键词: Speech-Language Pathology;    bilingualism;    executive functions;    Language impairment;    bilingual advantage;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01074

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The clinical assessment of language impairment (LI) in bilingual children imposes challenges for speech-language pathology services. Assessment tools standardized for monolingual populations increase the risk of misinterpreting bilingualism as language impairment. This Perspective article summarizes recent studies on the assessment of bilingual LI and presents new results on including nonlinguistic measures of executive functions in the diagnostic assessment. Executive functions shows clinical utility as less subjected to language use and exposure than linguistic measures. A possible bilingual advantage, and consequences for speech-language pathology practices and future research are discussed.

【 授权许可】

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