Communicative Development Inventories for all South Africa’s eleven official languages – Phase Two

Project Type: Node
Project Start date: 1 January 2021
Project Status: In Progress

Project Aims:

Communicative Development Inventories for six languages: Sesotho sa Leboa, Tshivenda, isiNdebele, Siswati, isiZulu and South African English

Project Deliverables:

1. Draft CDI forms of 12 CDI for pilot (Tshivenda, Sesotho sa leboa, IsiNdebele, Isizulu, Siswati, South African English)

1.1 Six (6) Pilot CDIs for infants, one for each language

1.2 Six (6) pilot CDIs for toddlers, one for each language

• Translations and adaptations
• Pre-pilot data collection
• Preparation of data collection software
• Pre-pilot reduction from SIX children per language to FOUR, reduced number of fieldworkers

2. Twenty (20) recordings (for 5 languages-Tshivenda, Sesotho sa leboa, IsiNdebele, Isizulu, Siswati)

2.1 Minimum of 30 minutes of spontaneous speech of 04 children per language X 5 languages

3. Conference Presentation x2

3.1 Two (2) presentations or posters at 2 conference (proof of participation)

4. Child data

4.1 1200 child participants data (6 languages x 200 children-Tshivenda, Sesotho sa leboa, IsiNdebele, IsiZulu, Siswati, South African English)

• Pilot
• Use of data collection software-removed
• 12 draft long from CDIs-Tshivenda, Sesotho sa leboa, IsiNdebele, IsiZulu, Siswati, South African English
• 6 draft from CDIs for infants in 6 languages
• 6 draft from CDIs for toddlers in 6 languages
• Data analysis & Scientific meeeting
• Reduced travel expenses

5. Six (6) journals articles submitted

5.1 Two (2) Joint articles on the whole study

5.2 (4) articles-four of six languages (proof of participation)