Marion Downs Center Research

Language & Hearing Research Projects

Information for Providers who work with Families/Parents who read/speak Mandarin/Cantonese

WHO SPEAKS MANDARIN

Mandarin is used as a native language by one-fifth of the world’s people.

Over one billion people speak Mandarin.

It is an official language of mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore.

 

LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE

UNICEF:

Data from countries throughout the world is provided on individual countries and regions of the world on the topics of: Child health, Child Protection, Child Survival, Early Childhood Development, Education and Home Environments, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and newborn health, Nutrition, Sanitation and Water.

https://data.unicef.org/country/

Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education and Home Environments.

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/development-status/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/early-childhood-education/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/home-environment/

ETHNOMED:

https://ethnomed.org/culture/chinese

Chinese Cultural Profile:

Information about Chinese history, culture and community with emphasis on health related issues.

Clinical Topics:

Articles and information about health care topics related to Chinese culture.

Patient Education Materials:

Health education materials in Chinese language; English included or available separately.

Cultural Topic Articles:

Articles and information about Chinese culture. Some articles are longer versions of topics covered briefly in the Chinese Cultural Profile.  Some clinical information is included but culture is more the focus:  Chinese Language Profile, Chinese Food Profile

Related Links:

Links to other websites with information related to Chinese culture and health care topics.

PATIENT CARE GUIDE FROM THE CLEVELAND CLINIC:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/files/org/about/diversity/2016-diversity-toolkit.ashx

These pages contain information about:  Considerations before providing care, Meals, Hospital Attire, Communication, Rituals, End of Life Care

EVERY CULTURE:

CULTURES WITHIN AMERICA AND WORLD CULTURES

https://www.everyculture.com/

Multicultural America:  https://www.everyculture.com/multi/

World Cultures:  https://www.everyculture.com/wc/

This website provides information by country on the topics of:  History, The beginning of Immigration, the Modern Era, Significant Immigration waves, Settlement Patterns (Acculturation/Assimilation), Traditions, Customs & Beliefs, Proverbs, Cuisine, Traditional Costumes, Dances & Songs, Holidays, Health Issues (Language, Family Community Dynamics), Education, Birth, Role of Women, Courtship & Weddings, Funerals (Religion, Employment and Economic Traditions, Politics and Government), Relationship with country of origin (Individual Group Contributions), Academia, Government, Media, Organizations and Associations, Museums and Research Centers.

Information is provided on cultures within America and World Cultures.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION RESEARCH INFORMATION & EXCHANGE (CIRRIE)

Rehabilitation Provider’s Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-Born:

Information provided:  Introduction, Immigration History, Concept of Disability, Disability and Rehabilitation Systems, Communication between Consumers and Service Providers, Role of Family, Role of Community, Role of Religion, Gender, Holidays, Food Practices, Recommendations to Rehabilitation Service Providers,

China (HTML/PDF)

INFORMATION FROM AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND HEALTH AUSTRALIA:

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/health_workers/cultdiver_guide

Information is available on:  Places of Transition, Ethnicity, Language, Ancestry, Language & Religion, Communication, Health, Health Beliefs and practices, Social Determinants of Health

CULTURAL ATLAS AUSTRALIA:

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/countries

Information for each culture are:  Core Concepts, Greetings, Religion, Family, Naming, Dates of Significance, Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts, Communication, Other Considerations, Business Culture

 MULTICULTURAL CULTURAL CENTER SOUTH AUSTRALIA:

https://mccsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Working-Cross-Culturally-A-Guide.pdf

INFORMATION ABOUT SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IN MANDARIN AND CANTONESE

AMERICAN SPEECH/LANGUAGE AND HEARING ASSOCIATION-MULTICULTURAL:

https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/

The information below is from the ASHA website

ASHA’s policy documents state that SLPs and audiologists must consider the sound systems of all the languages used by a client in order to provide appropriate assessment and treatment services. 

ETHNOLOGUE:

https://www.ethnologue.com/

OMNIGLOT:

https://omniglot.com/index.htm

Writing Systems: Constructed scripts, Languages (profiles, how to learn languages, language lessons, language names, language families), Multilingual pages (Useful phrases, silly phrases, phrase finder, numbers, time, colours, family words, terms of endearment, idioms, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, stories)

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL TOPICS IN CSD:

Information below is from the Portland State University website

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages/cantonese-hong-kong?authuser=0

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages/mandarin-china-and-taiwan?authuser=0

AUDITEC:

https://auditec.com/category/mandarin/

https://auditec.com/category/cantonese/

PHRASES IN 50 LANGUAGES:

https://www.50languages.com/

MUSTGO WORLD LANGUAGES:

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/

Status, Dialects,  Structure (Sound, system, Syllable structure, Vowels, Consonants, Tones, Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Markers, Word Order), Vocabulary, Writing

RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN:

https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/17065

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/language-rbern/education/bilingual-glossaries-and-cognates

CHARLES STUART UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA:

ACQUISITION OF SPEECH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD IN MANY LANGUAGES:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acq-studies

Speech Intelligibility – Intelligibility in Speech Context:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/ics

Comparing languages:  International Phonetic Alphabet:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/languages

Multilingual Speech Assessments:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-assessments

COMMUNICATION CARDS::

http://www.culturaldiversity.com.au/service-providers/multilingual-resources/communication-cards

These are incredibly useful and are available for many languages

https://www.easternhealth.org.au/services/language-services/cue-cards/cue-cards-in-community-languages

CUE CARDS:

These cue cards are available in many languages and can be extremely useful.

http:a/www.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/Resources/Cald

INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS

SPEECH DISCRIMINATION IN MANDARIN:

https://auditec.com/?s=Mandarin

SPEECH DISCRIMINATION IN CANTONESE:

https://auditec.com/?s=Cantonese

MEDEL

https://www.medel.com/en-us/support/rehab/rehabilitation-downloads

CUED SPEECH:

Cued Speech – adapted in more than 50 languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cued_speech

https://cuedspeech.org/

https://www.academieinternationale.org/archives?pgid=k58ty4kk1-b42f7cf8-25c5-4b66-be43-d693b580aa04

CHINESE SIGN LANGUAGE:

https://ltl-xian.com/chinese-sign-language/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Sign_Language

https://www.startasl.com/chinese-sign-language/

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-09-23/IDSL-China-s-sign-language-history-dates-back-to-Tang-Dynasty-period-KamfGp0Q1y/index.html

https://www.ai-media.tv/sign-language-alphabets-from-around-the-world/