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Promoting early language development in the Arab world and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10 and 17

Khattab, Ghada, Abdelwahab, Alshaimaa Gaber Salah, Al-Shdifat, Khalid, Alsiddiqi, Zakiyah, Floccia, Caroline, Kouba Hreich, Edith, McKean, Cristina, Moitel Messarra, Camille, Odeh, Thair and Trebacz, Anastasia (2022) Promoting early language development in the Arab world and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10 and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. pp. 96-101. ISSN 1754-9507

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Abstract

Purpose: This commentary describes a multi-national project which addresses gaps in the design and delivery of health and education services in Arabic-speaking countries in relation to early language development, with a focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Territories. This includes: (a) co-production with Early Years professionals and NGOs of approaches to support early language development; (b) development and standardisation of tools to identify monolingual and multilingual Arabic-speaking children at risk of poor language development; and (c) examination of language development in refugee communities.
Result: The importance of inter-professional partnership and the inclusion of families in planning support for oral language development is highlighted. Arabic versions of the Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) Toddler were developed, and data collected from 1,074 Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian monolingual infants aged 8-30 months. Data from 201 age-matched Palestinian infants in Lebanese refugee camps highlight inequalities resulting from limited maternal educational opportunities. Data from 230 multilingual Lebanese 2-year-olds enable the interpretation of CDI scores as a function of language exposure.
Conclusion: This work contributes to the promotion of robust language development for all Arabic-speaking children. This commentary focusses on SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 10 and SDG 17.

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Depositing User: Anastasia Trebacz

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Item ID: 16844
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134459
ISSN: 1754-9507
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16844
Official URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549...

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ORCID for Anastasia Trebacz: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-6082

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Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2023 11:55
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2023 12:00

Contributors

Author: Anastasia Trebacz ORCID iD
Author: Ghada Khattab
Author: Alshaimaa Gaber Salah Abdelwahab
Author: Khalid Al-Shdifat
Author: Zakiyah Alsiddiqi
Author: Caroline Floccia
Author: Edith Kouba Hreich
Author: Cristina McKean
Author: Camille Moitel Messarra
Author: Thair Odeh

University Divisions

Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing > School of Medicine

Subjects

Education > Educational Research
Sciences > Health Sciences
Languages > Languages

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