The identification of talented children is a current issue of ongoing debate and interest for people concerned with the education of the talented.
This paper suggests that in considering the culturally diverse talented child, there is a need to incorporate a multicultural perspective to the identification process. In this way, the process of inter-cultural understanding will contribute to the identification of the talented child from non-English speaking background.
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