What is it about?
In this study, we explore different lexical, grammatical, omission errors made by bilingual Portuguese, Spanish, and Korean speakers while repeating sentences in English in both quiet and noisy backgrounds to study whether the presence of noise increases errors made.
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Why is it important?
Classrooms are not typically quiet environments. This study shows that bilingual speakers are more prone to omissions and other language errors when background noise is present. This means that bilingual students in classroom settings may be demonstrating difficulty accessing the information presented to them (i.e., through incomplete note taking, etc.) when in a classroom with different background noise present. The results of this study should be taken into account when creating an optimal learning environment for students who are bilingual.
Perspectives
This article was a pleasure to write alongside my wonderful co-authors. In a country that is becoming more and more diverse, the issue of catering learning environments to different language learners is one that most likely affects many different institutions. My hope is that this article will shed some light on the importance of adapting environments to create optimal learning experiences for all students in the classroom.
Bruna Barbosa
Andrews University
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This page is a summary of: Analysis of Language Errors in Speakers Who Are Bilingual Under Quiet and Background Noise Conditions, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, December 2020, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2020_persp-19-00031.
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