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An Adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI in 17 Arabic Dialects for Children Aged 8 to 30 Months
- Source :
- Language Learning and Development. 17:425-446
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Assessing a child’s language in the early years is critical to plan for an early intervention and maximize their learning potential. In a unique pan-Arabic approach to language development, we developed a new Arabic assessment tool, usable by parents and Early Years professionals to screen vocabulary in children between 8 months and 30 months across 17 Arab countries. Departing from the two relevant original Communicative Development Inventory forms (CDI: Words and Gestures and CDI: Words and Sentences, Fenson, Marchman, Thal, Reznick, & Bates, 2007), our Arabic CDI focuses on Words Only (Short Form), and assesses comprehension and production of a list of 100 words in 17 main dialects or Arabic, through a parental report. Data were collected from 436 Egyptian children and 168 children from the remaining 16 countries. Quasi-binomial model fits on Egyptian and Other Dialects comprehension and production data showed that Egyptian vocabulary norms could be reasonably extrapolated to the Other Dialects sample, as a first indication that the tool might be usable across the different countries.
- Subjects :
- Linguistics and Language
Arabic
05 social sciences
BATES
children
Word learning
McArthur-Bates
Test validity
Semitic languages
050105 experimental psychology
Language and Linguistics
Vocabulary development
Education
Developmental psychology
Language development
Intervention (counseling)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Adaptation (computer science)
Psychology
Socioeconomic status
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15473341 and 15475441
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Language Learning and Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....806230fd75771f820a7e4db1b4390e9f