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Re: Bilingual child who stutters

From: Amanda
Date: 21 Oct 2006
Time: 22:57:21 -0500
Remote Name: 205.188.116.133

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I am a second year grad student and I also have worked with a child who is bilingual and stutters. This particular child did not stutter in spanish (his primary language) and only stuttered in English. We began in spanish by reducing his rate and just slowing him down. We also suspected that the stuttering may have something to do with language learning. After about 1.5 semesters he got the idea of talking slower (I think spanish is spoken about 4 times faster than english) and then we transitioned to english. I had to have an interpreter with me because I do not speak spanish, but that didn't seem to hinder any of our efforts. Hope this helps!!


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