Bilingual/Multicultural Foundations I

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The course will examine language variation in the United States. Students and faculty will examine their own cultural, ethnic, language backgrounds, values, and beliefs about individuals perceived as linguistically and culturally different. Students will examine what it means to develop cross cultural competence to appropriately work with children from culturally/linguistically diverse populations who have communication disorders. In addition students will examine dialects in the Northeast and the South including African American. This course will provide students with research on language and narrative skills among African American children