The challenge of language assessment for African American English-speaking children: A historical perspective

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Seymour, Harry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English (AAE); ASHA's position paper on social dialects; Contrastive and noncontrastive language features; Cultural and linguistic bias; Mainstream American English (MAE); Sources of language

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2342557115     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-824821     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Cole L. A developmental analysis of social dialect features in the spontaneous language of preschool Black children. Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; 1980
2. Kovac C. Children's acquisition of variable features. Dissertation. Georgetown University, Wash., DC; 1980
3. Blake I. Language development in working-class black children: An examination of form, content, and use. Dissertation, Columbia University, New York, NY; 1984
4. Seymour HN, Seymour CM. A therapeutic model for communicative disorders among Black English speaking children. J Speech Hear Dis 1977;42:247-256
5. Seymour HN, Seymour CM. Black English and standard American English contrasts in consonantal development for four and five-year-olds. J Speech Lang Hear Dis 1981;46:274-280
6. Michel J. The role of ASHA in social, political, and moral activities. ASHA 1969;11:219-220
7. Taylor O. Social and political involvement of the American Speech and Hearing Association. ASHA 1969;11:216-218
8. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Position paper: Social dialects and implications of the position on social dialects. ASHA 1983; 25:23-27
9. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Technical Report: American English Dialects. ASHA 2003;(suppl 23): (In press)
10. Parrish T. Racial disparities in the identification, funding, and provision of special education. In: Losen DJ, Orfield G, eds. Racial Inequity in Special Education, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press; 2002
11. Losen DJ, Orfield G, eds. Racial Inequity in Special Education, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press; 2002
12. Taylor O, Payne K. Culturally valid testing: a pro-active approach. Topics Lang Disord 1983;3:8-20
13. Wyatt TA. Assessing the communicative abilities of clients from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. In: Battle DE, ed. Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations, 3rd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002:415-459
14. Shuy R, ed. Social dialects and language learning: Proceedings of the Bloomington, Indiana Conference, August 1964. Champaign, IL: National Council of Teachers of English; 1965
15. Stewart W. Urban Negro speech: Sociolinguistic factors affecting English teaching. In: Shuy R, ed. Social Dialects and Language Learning: Proceedings of the Bloomington, Indiana, Conference, 1964. Champaign, IL: National Council of Teachers of English; 1965:10-19
16. Baratz JC. Language and cognitive assessments of Negro children: assumptions and research needs. ASHA 1969;11:87-91
17. Wolfram W. A Sociolinguistic Description of Detroit Negro Speech. Washington DC: Center for Applied Linguistics; 1969
18. Labov W. The logic of non-standard English. In: Williams F, ed. Language & Poverty. Chicago: Markham; 1970:153-189
19. Dillard JL. Black English: Its History and Usage in the United States. New York: Random House; 1972
20. Kochman T, ed. Rappin and Stylin Out: Communication in Urban Black America. Chicago: University of Illinois Press; 1972
21. Smitherman G. Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin; 1977
22. Adler S. Dialectal differences: professional and clinical implications. J Speech Hear Disord 1971; 36:90-100
23. Seymour HN, Miller-Jones D. Language and cognitive assessment of Black children. In: Lass N, ed. Speech and Language Advances in Basic Research and Practice. New York: Academic Press; 1981:203-263
24. Terrell S, Terrell F. Distinguishing linguistic difference from disorders. Topics Lang Disord 1983;3:1-7
25. Vaughn-Cooke F. Improving language assessment in minority children. ASHA 1983;25:29-34
26. Stockman IJ, Vaughn-Cooke F. Implications of semantic category research for language assessment of nonstandard speakers. Top Lang Disord 1986; 6:15-25
27. Craig HK, Washington JA. An assessment battery for identifying language impairments in African American children. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2000; 43:366-379
28. Stockman I. The promise and pitfalls of language sample analysis as an assessment tool for linguistic minority children. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 1996;27:355-366
29. Leonard L, Weiss A. Application of nonstandardized assessment procedures to diverse linguistic populations. Top Lang Disord 1983;3:35-45
30. Craig HK, Washington JA. The complex syntax skills of poor, urban, African American preschoolers at school entry. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 1994;25:181-190
31. Seymour HN, Bland-Stewart L, Green L. Difference versus deficit in child African American English. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 1998;29: 96-108
32. Muma JR. Language Handbook: Concepts, Assessment, Intervention. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1978
33. Iglesias A, Peña E, Gutierrez-Clellen V, Bedore L, Goldstein B. Development of a language test for bilingual Spanish-English speaking children. (The Bilingual English/Spanish Assessment, BESA). Paper presented at: the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 18-21, 1999
34. The Council for Exceptional Children and the National Alliance of Black School Educators Addressing Over-Representation of African American Students in Special Education. Washington, DC; 2002:6