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SPE3112 Language Difference: Implications for Clinical Practice
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:

The unit explores the impact of language difference on practice for speech pathologists and other professionals. The unit examines the roles of varieties of English and other languages in Australian society including standard and non-standard English, Indigenous and immigrant languages. It discusses language difference, ranging from sound systems and grammar to story schemata and pragmatics.



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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
Y02Bachelor of Speech Pathology
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2012 VET: 15/03/2012