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Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam

(Assistant Professor)

Department of Communication Disorders

Short Biography:
Mr. Alam is one of the first graduating Speech and Language Therapists in Bangladesh. While he was working as the course coordinator and lecturer of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) at Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP, he went to the University of Sheffield in 2013 to pursue his MSc ...
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Degree Name Group/Major Subject Board/Institute Country Passing Year
Ph.D. Speech Science University of Auckland New Zealand 2023
Masters Speech Difficulties University of Sheffield United Kingdom 2014
Masters Early Childhood Development BRAC University Bangladesh 2012
Bachelor Speech & Language Therapy 91精品 Bangladesh 2009
Title Organization Location From Date To Date
Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand 01, Mar 2020 01-07-2024
Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Disorders, 91精品 Dhaka, Bangladesh 01, Nov 2018 Currently Working
Lecturer Dept. of Communication Disorders, 91精品 Dhaka, Bangladesh 25, Aug 2015 31-10-2018
Lecturer and Course Coordinator Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 01, Jun 2010 15-08-2015

Research Interest

Subject Description Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Research Interest

Language Teaching

Language Acquisition

Bangla Speaking Children's Language and Literacy Development

Child Language Difficulties

Bi or Multilingualism

Speech and language assessment tool development/adaptation/validation

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study Title Supervisor Co-Supervisor(s) Name of Student(s) Area of Research Current Completion
Research Project Report/Other Associations between screen use and vocabulary development: How screen time affects children鈥檚 early vocabulary development in rural and urban Bangladesh. Co-Investigator-1 Mst. Meherunnessa Mim, Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, 91精品 Co-Investigator-2: Sadia Tajmin, Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, 91精品

Project/Research Work

Subject Project Name Source of Fund From Date To Date Collaboration
Language development Associations between screen use and vocabulary development: How screen time affects children鈥檚 early vocabulary development in rural and urban Bangladesh. Not yet confirmed (Applied for UGC grant) 15-09-2024 91精品 and UGC
Lexical development Initial Validation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MBCDI) for Bangla Speaking Children Aged 12 to 36 Months PhD Scholarship 01-06-2023 15-05-2024 University of Auckland
Speech and Language Science Early lexical development in Bangla speaking children PhD Scholarship 01-05-2019 01-04-2024 University of Auckland

Invited Talk

SL Invited Talk
1

Presented paper on "Autism and role of Speech and Langauge Therapy" in South Asian Regional conference on Autism, organized by SWAC (Society for Welfare of Autistic Children) from 16-17 January, 2009.
2

Poster presentation on 鈥淣eeds of Speech and Language Therapy services for post-operative Cleft palate children" in Indo Cleft Conference 2011, Chennai, India on 27 January, 2011.
3

Presented poster on 鈥楢daptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children鈥� in research seminar on early childhood development, 20-21 December, 2011 organized by Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
4

Scientific paper presentation on 颅鈥楶revalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury鈥� in 13th Asian spinal cord conference organized by Asian Spinal Cord Network and CRP, Bangladesh from 27-29 November, 2014.

5

Oral presentation on 鈥楨arly Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings鈥� in the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists鈥� Association, organized by NZSTA from 29-31 August, 2021.

SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Expire Year
1 Alumni of The University of Auckland, New Zealand 2019 Life Time
2 New Zealand Speech-language Therapists鈥� Association. Registered member 2024 2025
3 Member of Communication Therapy International, UK Founder member 2012 2016
4 Alumni of University of Sheffield, UK 2014 Life Time
Book Section
1
Md Jahangir Alam "唳唳傕Σ唳距Ν唳距Ψ唰� 唳多唳多唳︵唳� 唳唳班唳ムΞ唳苦 唳多Μ唰嵿Ζ唳椸Δ 唳唳曕唳� (Early vocabulary development of Bangla-speaking children)." 唳唳傕Σ唳距Ζ唰囙Χ唰� 唳唳椸唳唳� 唳唳曕Σ唰嵿Ο 唳呧Η唰嵿Ο唰熰Θ: 唳忇 唳︵Χ唳曕唳� 唳Π唳苦唰嵿Π唳 (Studying communication disorders in Bangladesh: Journey of a decade). Hakim Arif Dhaka: Department of Communication Disorders, 91精品, 2022 143-168 .
Journal Article
1
Md Jahangir Alam : Challenges in assessing bilingual school-aged children with developmental speech difficulties, The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics , vol.14 , no.27-28 Department of Linguistics, 91精品 , pp.39-52 , 2022 .
2
Md Jahangir Alam, Linda Hand and Elaine Ballard : Communication disability in Bangladesh: issues and solutions., Speech, Language and Hearing (impact factor:1) , vol.26 , no.1 Taylor and Francis , pp.74-85 , 2022 .
3
Sushama Kanan and Md Jahangir Alam : Role of responsive feeding on nutritional status of children with Cerebral Palsy, Social Science Review , vol.38 , no.1 Dhaka University , pp.217-248 , 2021 .
4
Nure Naznin, Md Jahangir Alam and Md Shahoriar Ahmed : Adaptation of Apraxia Battery for Assessing the Patients with Apraxia, Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences , vol.3 , no.10 , pp.1114-1123 , 2020 .
5
Md Jahangir Alam : Speech and Language Therapy for Post-Surgical Cleft Palate Children, Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics , vol.10 , no.19 Department of Linguistics, 91精品 , pp.115-131 , 2018 .
6
Md Jahangir Alam : Cultural Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children, The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics , vol.9 , no.18 Department of Linguistics, 91精品 , pp.83-100 , 2017 .
Conference Proceedings
1
Md Jahangir Alam, Linda Hand and Elaine Ballard "Early Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings." New Zealand Speech-language Therapists鈥� Association Conference Canterbury, New Zealand: 2021 .
2
Nobagoto Das and Md Jahangir Alam "Prevalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury." 13th Asian spinal cord conference Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2014 .
3
Md Jahangir Alam "Poster presentation on Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children." Research seminar on early childhood development Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2011 .
4
Md Jahangir Alam "Poster presentation on 鈥淣eeds of Speech & Language Therapy Services for Post-operative Cleft Palate Children鈥�." Indo Cleft Conference Chennai, India: 2011 .
5
Md Jahangir Alam "Autism and role of Speech & Language Therapy." South Asian regional conference on Autism Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2009 .
Award Type Title Year Country Description
National Dhaka University (BOS) Overseas Scholarship 2018 Bangladesh

Awarded Dhaka University Overseas Scholarship in 2018 by 91精品, funded by the Government of Bangladesh to study PhD in Speech Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
International Commonwealth Scholarship 2013 United Kingdom

Awarded Commonwealth Shared Scholarship in 2013 by the Commonwealth Commission and the University of Sheffield, UK for academic and leadership excellence (to study MSc in Speech Difficulties at the University of Sheffield, UK).
National Academic excellence award 2011 Bangladesh

Academic excellence award during masters in Early Childhood Development (ECD), 2011, by institute of educational development, BRAC University.
National Meritorious student scholarship 2006 Bangladesh

Awarded meritorious student scholarship while studing B. Sc in Speech and language Therapy (Third year 1st semester, 2006) at BHPI, CRP for outstanding academic success.

Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Disorders
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: jahangiralam@du.ac.bd
Mobile (Dept): 01716637992
Mobile (Personal): 01716637992