NYS- ells-disabilities-standard-scores-december-2014.pdf
This is a special education field advisory that was released in December, 2014. It details the use of standardized scores with culturally and linguistically diverse children. Read More
Category: African American English (AAE)/ African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
African American English (AAE) is a dialect of English, traditionally spoken by the African American community, but currently spoken by people from a variety of ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. AAE is distinguished from Standard American English (SAE) by distinct pronunciation (phonology), vocabulary (lexicon), verb tense, and aspect (morphosyntax). It is also sometimes referred to as “African American Vernacular English” or AAVE.
Appropriate Assessment Procedures- Part 2 (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 13)
This module examines different sources of bias that are present in commonly used standardized language tests. Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralist Society: Module 6 (Real World Applications…)
Module 6 in this series discusses real world applications in disability evaluations. Find the other videos in this module series Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society: Module 5 (Phrases, Clauses and Sentences)
Module 5 in this series outlines some morphosyntactic features of American English dialects relating to the use of phrases, clauses and sentences. Find the other videos in the module series below: Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society: Module 4 (Adjectives, Adverbs…)
Module 4 in this series outlines some morphosyntactic features of American English dialects relating to the use of adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions. FInd the other videos in this module series below: Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society: Module 3 (Verbs)
Module 3 in this series outlines some morphosyntactic features of American English dialects relating to the use of verbs. Find the other videos in this module series Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society: Module 2 (Nouns, Determiners and Pronouns)
Module 2 in this series outlines some morphosyntactic features of American English dialects relating to the use of nouns, determiners and pronouns. Find the rest of the videos in this module series below: Read More
Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society: Module 1 (Insights from Grammar)
Module 1 outlines key considerations in the differentiation between a language disorder and a language difference. Find the other modules in this series below.
