Articulation Ability and Phonological Process in Multicultural Family Children

다문화가정 아동의 조음능력 및 음운변동 특성

  • 류현주 (연세대학교 대학원 언어병리학) ;
  • 김향희 (연세대학교 대학원 언어병리학) ;
  • 김화수 (루터대학교 복지재활학부 언어치료학) ;
  • 신지철 (연세대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실)
  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

The present study examined multicultural family children's articulation accuracy and phonological process using Assessment of Phonology and Articulation for Children(APAC), and compared them with normally developing children. The subjects of this study were 24 multicultural family children between ages 3 years, 6 months and 3 years, 11 months. The multicultural family children's articulation accuracy was significantly lower than the normally developing children's. In case of the normally developing children, phonological processes the multicultural family children showed were observed at a younger age and did not appear at the age of the children participating in this study. The Japanese multicultural family children and the non Japanese multicultural family children showed different rate of the changes. This result shows that articulation development in the multicultural family children may be different among them according to the classification and that the children's error patterns are related to their mothers' native language. The results of this study are proposed to be applicable to articulation assessment and treatment.

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