Multicultural issues in test interpretation

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-278

  Langdon, Henriette W ^a   Wiig, Elisabeth H ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Knowledge Research Institute (KRI)

Author keywords

Assessment of L1 and L2; Norming; Test development

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHONETICS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449372417     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: 10989056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241724     Document Type: Review

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