The theme for this SIG 14 activity is a review of cultural considerations specific to the assessment of speech disorders in individuals who speak Greek, Mandarin and Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English, and both speech and language assessment in Farsi. Topics include: (a) salient characteristics of each phonological system and (b) assessment considerations for speech-language pathologists when assessing the speech skills of individuals who may speak the aforementioned languages.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and skill in the proposed paradigm of ecosystemic clinical assessment of speech in linguistically diverse children and adults with Greek as a dominant language
• contrast Mandarin and English sound systems to identify sounds and prosodic patterns that are shared by English and Mandarin, unique to English and unique to Mandarin
• identify consonant and vowel variations in Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English
• contrast the phonology of Farsi with that of English

Assessment Type
Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

Articles in This Course

1. Ecosystemic Clinical Assessment of Linguistic Diversity: Greek-Dominant Speech by Elena Babatsouli, published in SIG 14, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024
2. Assessing Speech Production in Mandarin–English Bilingual Children: Comparison of Mandarin and English Sound Systems and Special Considerations by Jie Yang and Maria Resendiz, published in SIG 14, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024
3. Productions of Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation–Third Edition Stimulus Words Among Teenage Speakers of Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English by Amber D. Franklin, Chloe Turner, Keisha T. Lindsay Nurse and Cheryl Arline, published in SIG 14, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024
4. Assessment in Farsi–English Emerging Bilingual Children: A Tutorial by Mahchid Namazi and Maryam Salehomoum, published in SIG 14, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024