The use of African American English (AAE) does not mean that…

The use of African American English (AAE) does not mean that a child has a language impairment.  AAE is an independent linguistic system that is related to Standard American English (SAE) but has many of its own formal and functional characteristics.  A child’s use of AAE, in the absence of impaired ability to learn language, is not a language disorder or an impairment. With regards to our profession, discuss the relationship between the degree of use of AAE and academic achievement & the possible elective intervention or (RtI) targets/ideas.

Provide 3 strategies and/or methods that you would provided…

Provide 3 strategies and/or methods that you would provided to parents to help support the language skills of at risk children (1 point). Provide 3 strategies and/or methods that you would provided to teachers to help support the language skills of at risk children (1 point).  

The cultural-linguistic differences discussed below are most…

The cultural-linguistic differences discussed below are most noted in which ethnic group? *Difficulties with direct and timed questions and answer sequences *Difficulties with pictures and booklets use in most norm-referenced, standardized tests if their background is one of learning without books *Narratives that may not progress in a linear, cause-effect fashion *Limited experiences with telling stores or communicating events in narrative form.