Is anyone else studying speech therapy? I speak Iberian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, American Sign Language, Italian, German, and Hebrew in descending order, with Italian being the last one I speak conversationally. I’ve lived in Spain twice, once in Logrono and once in Oviedo for a total of 1.5 years, with my first experience being in a high school and the second at the university level. I’m looking to maintain my Spanish and improve my other languages. I’m excited for the conference!
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Bienvenida Julia! Yo soy Matías, de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y puedes contar conmigo.
Hello and welcome. First time I hear about bilingual speech pathologies, it would be interesting to talk about some common ones (I’m bilingual myself and curious what should I be aware/beware of 
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Hi Julia!
I am a practicing speech pathologist. I’d be happy to connect with you!
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Hi Lauren!
I’m Matias Barmat, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m checking out the website Polyglot Station. I like it a lot.
Thank you so much Matias! The website just launched this June. I am continuously working on improving it, so feel free to send me some feedback. Please consider signing up for a membership if you like it!
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Hi Julia, I am also interested in the subject, so what exactly is bilingual speech pathology?
Bilingual Speech Pathology is logopedia/fonoaudiologia bilingue or some variant of that in a lot of languages I’ve studied. It’s basically using linguistics, anatomy, and grammar to help those who have trouble with speech or language. With the bilingual component, you usually work with clients that are bilingual. If a child has difficulty saying “s”, for example, they’re going to have that difficulty in each language. Also, a bilingual speech pathologist can give therapy in the language they’re most comfortable with to address the speech/language goal for the client.
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