<div dir="ltr">Dear Kathleen---<div><br></div><div>The DELV is being adapted to South African Black English, has been translated into Afrikaans and is used</div><div>with adjustments for other populations. The core phenomena are universal, but one does need to look</div>
<div>over the examples and see if they need to be adjusted for language or culture.</div><div> Barbara Pearson at UMass is the person who manages the materials. Others, like Frenette Southwood</div><div>and Ondene van Dulm might be available to advise you on how to do this adaptation. They are also developing</div>
<div>very useful intervention materials.</div><div> I would be happy to help if I can as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Roeper</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Kathleen Peets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kpeets@ryerson.ca" target="_blank">kpeets@ryerson.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I have a question about using the <i>Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation</i> among speakers of Jamaican English or Jamaican Creole. I know that the test was originally designed to identify language disorders among speakers of non-standard English, in particular AAE. Has anyone used this measure outside of this population or outside of the U.S.?</div>
<div><br></div><div>We would be primarily interested in the screening tool which would identify dialect or degree of dialect. Alternate ideas for this population are also much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div>
<div>Kathleen<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Kathleen Peets<div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Early Childhood Studies</div><div>Ryerson University</div></font></span></div>
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