Paul Andres, an Occupational Therapist in Germany who worked at Prentke Romich Deutschland, first as a consultant then as a Minspeak Application Program developer, creating the popular Quasselkiste vocabulary. Later, he worked with Semantic Compaction Systems to take on a much broader role supporting the development and use of other non-english vocabulary sets. He was also instrumental in creating the Realize Language online AAC data analysis system for both the English- and German-speaking markets. In this episode, Paul talks about his early years in AAC and some of the challenges in creating vocabularies in languages other than English. Connect with Paul Email: paul.andres@me.com Recommended text Nation, I. (2001). Learning Vocabulary in Another Language (Cambridge Applied Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Recommended Movies Mr. Symbol Man – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjOJFEFbuI
Applying the Four Strands: Paul Nation YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-mA5jFBF0U
Mon Oncle (1958) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-iCZiA6tY
Tokyo Story (1953) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CFtITPEvZM
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