Guide to Global Language Assessment

<p>For decades the speech-language therapy profession has expressed the need for the development of language assessment materials in languages other than English for children and adults. <i>A Guide to Global Language Assessment: A Lifespan Approach </i>aims to meet this need by providing comprehensive information about how to assess the language of bi- and multilingual and culturally diverse clients across the world.</p><p>Featuring the viewpoints of contributors from around the world <i>A Guide to Global Language Assessment </i>also boasts a complete database of available global language assessments.</p><p>What’s included in <i>A Guide to Global Language Assessment:</i></p><ul> <li>Case studies assessment frameworks and resources for conducting global language assessments for culturally and linguistically diverse populations</li> <li>An array of language assessment methods across a continuum such as ethnographic and dynamic assessments narratives and standardized language assessment</li> <li>Methods for developing local norms</li> </ul><p><i>A Guide to Global Language Assessment: A Lifespan Approach</i> is an essential tool for empowering current and future speech-language therapists professors and researchers to address global language assessment across the lifespan.</p>