Difference vs Disorder

True or False?

A language difference is having the ability to speak another language that is different from the language used for instruction or used by the majority of people

• True

• False

True or False?

A language disorder is an inability to understand and process speech and/or language either expressively or receptively.

• True

• False

Can a bilingual child have a language disorder in one language and not in the other?

• Yes, it is possible

• No, it is not possible

• It depends on the child's cultural group

• It depends on the child's dialect

What is a characteristic of language disorders?

• Difficulty pronouncing words in second language at school but not for home language

• Difficulty knowing if adjective goes before or after noun

• Difficulty understanding and using the rules of “body language” for the second language at school but not for home language

• Difficulty communicating with both members of their own cultural group at home and in school community

What are some characteristics of language differences?

• Does not use nor hear TH sound at home and therefore does not produce TH at school

• Able to learn and use rules of grammar in one language but not the other

• Uses broad topic maintenance in storytelling like their parents and other members of home culture do