Immigrants can also check the court's bilingual hotline for case updates.
This study examines interpreter mediated talk in cross-cultural general dentistry in Hong Kong where assisting para-professionals, in this case bilingual or multilingual Dental Surgery Assistants (DSAs), perform the dual capabilities of clinical assistant and interpreter.
However, to work effectively these methods need in general a bilingual dictionary (in this case an English-Swedish dictionary) suitable for the medical terminology domain[ 5].
The limitations of standardized tests have been identified in the case of bilingual children with language impairment (Bedore & Peña, 2008; Peña & Gillam, 2000), and the present study of typically developing bilinguals has revealed similar limitations.
The Thai version of the CSDD was developed following the translation and cultural adaptation method, a process that included an initial translation into Thai by a geriatric psychiatrist (NW), followed by a backward translation into English by a bilingual translator (in this case, a university professor) who had no prior knowledge of the questionnaire.
Pursuing UNICEF's internal mandate can at times lead to a clash with government priorities, as has been documented in the cases of bilingual education and ECE.
"Bushwick is a test case of how bilingual programs are actually being implemented," said Michael Gecan, a national organizer for the Industrial Areas Foundation, which has worked closely with parents there for more than a decade.
Together with case studies of bilingual patients with damage to the left caudate--who are prone to switch languages involuntarily--the findings suggest that this part of the brain helps control the language in use, Price says.
They couldn't possibly be serious!! Yes they were!! My supervisor one day came to my desk to also tell me to refrain from eating together with my colleague; reason being we were the only two French-speakers and one of us had to be on the phones in case there were bilingual calls.
Discrepancies were discussed in the bilingual expert panel and in case there were differences that could not be resolved through discussion, agreement was reached by revision of the forward translation.
