<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">\ Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">margaret van naerssen</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:margaret.vannaerssen@gmail.com">margaret.vannaerssen@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:37 PM<br><br>Guidelines for Communicating Rights to non-Native English Speakers<br><br><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>The <i><b>Guidelines for communicating rights to non-native </b></i><i><b>speakers of English in </b></i></div><div><i><b>Australia,</b></i><i><b> England and Wales, and the USA,</b></i> was released in November 2015 </div><div>by the international Communication of Rights Group (CoRG). The group, co-convened </div><div>by Diana Eades and Aneta Pavlenko, includes 21 linguists, psychologists, </div><div><div>lawyers and interpreters. Please note the names of the signatories.<br></div><div><br></div><div>A copy of the document can be found at <a href="http://aaal.org/?page=CommunicationRights" target="_blank">aaal.org/?page=CommunicationRights</a></div><div><br></div><div>Even native speakers of English do not always understand their Miranda rights (police </div><div>cautions). The problems are much greater for non-native speakers of English who may have</div><div>limited English proficiency and cannot comprehend English spoken at fast conversational </div></div><div>rates, let alone legal terms, such as waiver, or complex sentences, such as<font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></div><div><b><font face="times new roman, serif">If you cannot </font><font face="times new roman, serif">afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish.</font> </b></div><div><br></div><div>When asked if they understand their rights, Such speakers may say ‘yes’ and agree to sign</div><div>the Miranda form out of fear or deference to authority. Their comprehension difficulties may </div><div>not be obvious to police investigators who are not trained in assessing language <br></div><div>proficiency.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Guidelines consist of a preamble, recommendations related to the language of the</div><div>police cautions and on how the rights should be delivered, a list of the signatories, and </div><div>an extensive bibliography.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Since their release in November 2015, the Guidelines have been<b> endorsed by </b><b>Executive</b></div><div><b>Boards of two leading professional associations in linguistics, </b></div><div><ul><li><b>the American Association </b><b>for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), </b><br></li><li><b>the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) </b><br></li></ul></div><div><b>They've also been endorsed by the Executive Board of The </b><b>International Research Foundation for</b><br></div><div><b>English Language Education (TIRF). </b></div><div>The Guidelines have also been posted on the website of NAJIT ( the National Association of Judicial</div><div> Interpreters and Translators). The Guidelines are also being disseminated to other professional </div><div>organizations for formal consideration. Presentations are also being made at various conferences.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any suggestions for where they might be sent for consideration, please contact </div><div>one of the co-conveners: Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University) <b><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px">apavlenk</span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px">@<a href="http://temple.edu" target="_blank">temple.edu</a></span> </b> </div><div>or Diana Eades ( University of New England)<b> <span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px">deades2</span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px">@<a href="http://une.edu.au" target="_blank">une.edu.au</a></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><font color="#000000">Feel free to also share the Guidelines with others, tho' certainly we'd like to know if you hear that they've </font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><font color="#000000">been formally </font></span><span style="font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><font color="#000000">picked up </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'normal arial',sans-serif;font-size:12px">by a particular organization.</span></div><div><br></div><div>It is hoped that these Guidelines, grounded in scholarly research and practical </div><div>experience, will result in moves to better protect the rights of non-native speakers of <br></div><div>English and afford them equal treatment in the law.<br></div></div><div><br></div><br></div>
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