Teaching · Speech & Language

Sort what the home language explains from what it does not.

For each English sound in error, note whether the sound exists in the home language and whether the same error happens there. The organizer sorts the sounds and lists the signs that point toward a disorder rather than a difference.

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The sound record

One record per student; update it as home-language information comes in. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Each English sound sorted as a likely difference, an error in both languages, a shared sound to watch or a question for a speaker, and the signs to weigh.
Who it is for
School and bilingual speech-language pathologists, clinical fellows and evaluation teams working with multilingual students.
Format
Browser form. One saved record per student; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
what the two languages share
Drawn for this page. An error on a sound the languages share, made in both, says more than an error on a sound only English has.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with a code or initials and the date.
  2. Name the home language and where its sound information comes from.
  3. List each English sound in error, what the student says, and what you know about the home language.
  4. Ask the family and an interpreter about speech in the home language.
  5. Use the summary to plan assessment in both languages.

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Before you decide

Difference or disorder

Errors on sounds the home language does not have are expected while a child learns English. A speech sound disorder shows in every language the child speaks, so errors in the home language, and family concern, matter most.

Where the facts come from

Which sounds a language has, and which errors are typical for its learners, comes from a published reference for that language and dialect, an interpreter or a fluent speaker. The organizer does not supply it.

What it is not

Not an assessment or a diagnosis. Federal law requires evaluations in the child’s native language or mode of communication where feasible, and not discriminatory on a cultural or racial basis.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Practice Portal: Multilingual Service Delivery in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, asha.org.
  2. McLeod S, Crowe K. Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: a cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2018.
  3. Goldstein BA, Fabiano L. Assessment and intervention for bilingual children with phonological disorders. The ASHA Leader, 2007.
  4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.304(c)(1): assessments in the child’s native language or other mode of communication, not discriminatory on a racial or cultural basis.

The example student and productions are made up; the sound facts in the example reflect general descriptions of Mexican Spanish and should be checked against a reference for the student’s dialect. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.