Handouts: Comprehensive Assessment of Foreign-Accented English

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Comprehensive Assessment of Foreign-
Accented English
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ASHA 6434 1
Comprehensive Assessment of Foreign-
Accented English
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Comprehensive Assessment of Foreign-
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(cid:129) List variables that shape an accent and those that influence
listeners’ perception of an accent.
(cid:129) Identify and explain key areas of assessment for foreign-
accented speakers, including intelligibility, rate of speech,
speech production, speech perception, and language.
(cid:129) Create a strategy for effectively assessing the speech of
foreign-accented speakers.
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AmeeP. Shah, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Department of Health
Sciences
Director, Speech Acoustics and Perception
Laboratory
Cleveland State University
[email protected]
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The assessment battery, Comprehensive Assessment of
Accentednessand Intelligibility (CAAI)is discussed in this
presentation.
AmeeP. Shah is the author of Comprehensive Assessment of
Accentednessand Intelligibility (CAAI; Shah, 2007), receives
royalties from its sales, and holds the copyright.
Mention of specific products, methods, or materials does not
constitute an endorsement by ASHA.
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Changing
Demographics
Increased
Demand
ASHA’s Position
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Accented English
Difference, Not Disorder
“Communication difference/dialect is a
variation of a symbol system used by a group
of individuals that reflects and is determined
by shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic
factors. A regional, social, or cultural/ethnic
variation of a symbol system should not be
considered a disorder of speech or language.”
(ASHA, 1993)
Demand for Services
• Where do people go for
accent modification
services?
–Speech-Language
Pathologist (SLP)
–English as a Second
Language (ESL) Teacher
(Dalton, 2002)
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Accented English
Future of Services
(cid:129) Current state of
graduate training
(Shah, 2005; Schmidt and
Sullivan, 2003)
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Accented English
Varieties of Accents Click to Play Example
1. Regional accent:
Southern United States
2. Foreign accent: England
3. Foreign accent: Korean
(Nonnative speaker of
English) speaking English
Varieties of Accents Click to Play Example
1. Regional accent:
Southern United States
2. Foreign accent: England
3. Foreign accent: Korean
(Nonnative speaker of
English) speaking English
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