Language Proficiency and Dominance Considerations When Working With Spanish-English Bilingual Adults.
Language Proficiency and Dominance Considerations When Working With Spanish-English Bilingual Adults.
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与西班牙语-英语双语成人一起工作时的语言能力和优势考虑因素。
DOI：
10.1044/2019_aja-19-0028
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Leibold,LoriJ
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作者：
Vicente,Manuel;Calandruccio,Lauren;Miller,MargaretK;Browning,JennaM;Oleson,Jacob;Leibold,LoriJ
目的：随着美国西班牙裔人口的不断增加，在治疗西班牙-英语双语患者时，迫切需要对语言优势和熟练程度进行严格有效的临床评估。本研究的目的是通过评估语言优势和语言熟练程度之间的关系来开始解决这一需求。方法对英语Versant测试（口语能力的自动评估）得分与双语语言量表（一种自我报告问卷）的优势度和熟练度得分之间的关系进行评估。结果结果表明，英语Versant测试中一半的差异可以通过对双语语言概况中单个问题的回答来解释。结论：这些数据支持要求患者不仅表明他们会说多少种语言，而且对于那些会说一种以上语言的患者，也要询问他们对每种语言的理解程度。
PurposeAs the Hispanic population continues to increase within the United States, there is a pressing need to incorporate rigorous and efficient clinical assessments of language dominance and proficiency when working with Spanish–English bilingual patients. The purpose of this study was to begin addressing this need by evaluating the association between language dominance and language proficiency.MethodThe association between scores for the English Versant Test , an automated assessment of spoken language proficiency, and dominance and proficiency scores obtained using the Bilingual Language Profile, a self-report questionnaire was evaluated.ResultsThe results indicated that half of the variance in the English Versant Test was explained by the response to a single question included in the Bilingual Language Profile.ConclusionThese data support the inclusion of asking patients to not only indicate how many languages they speak but, for those patients that speak more than 1 language, to also ask how well they understand each of the languages.