Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
Biography
| 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 | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2009 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Teaching Assistant | University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | Mar 2020 | Jul 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Nov 2018 | Present |
| Lecturer | Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Aug 2015 | Oct 2018 |
| Lecturer and Course Coordinator | Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP | Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Jun 2010 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No project/research supervision is found | ||||||
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 and Dhaka University |
| Speech and Language Science | Early lexical development in Bangla speaking children | PhD Scholarship | 01-05-2019 | 01-04-2024 | University of Auckland |
| Language development | Associations between screen use and vocabulary development: How screen time affects children’s early vocabulary development in rural and urban Bangladesh. | University Grant Commission, Bangladesh | 01-01-1970 | 31-03-2025 | University of Dhaka and UGC |
| Children's language development & academic success | Understanding language development as the interface between socioeconomic status and academic success | GoB and World Bank (Applied for the fund, not yet confirmed)) | BRAC University and Dhaka University |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
|---|---|
| 1 | Oral presentation on ‘Communication disability in young children: Challenges and solutions in the context of Bangladesh’ in the national Early Childhood Development (ECD) conference, 2025, organized by Bangladesh ECD Network on 27 May, 2025 at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Poster presentation on “Needs of Speech and Language Therapy services for post-operative Cleft palate children" in Indo Cleft Conference 2011, Chennai, India on 27 January, 2011. |
| 4 | Presented poster on ‘Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children’ in research seminar on early childhood development, 20-21 December, 2011 organized by Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, Bangladesh. |
| 5 | Scientific paper presentation on ‘Prevalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury’ in 13th Asian spinal cord conference organized by Asian Spinal Cord Network and CRP, Bangladesh from 27-29 November, 2014. |
| 6 | Oral presentation on ‘Early Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings’ in the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ 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’ 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 | |
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| 1 |
Md Jahangir Alam "বাংলাভাষী শিশুদের প্রাথমিক শব্দগত বিকাশ (Early vocabulary development of Bangla-speaking children)."
বাংলাদেশে যোগাযোগ বৈকল্য অধ্যয়ন: এক দশকের পরিক্রমা (Studying communication disorders in Bangladesh: Journey of a decade). Hakim Arif Dhaka: Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka, 2022 143-168 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Md Jahangir Alam, Dr. Elaine Ballard and Dr. Linda Hand : The development of a Bangla version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: A pilot study,
Te Reo the Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand , vol.69 , no.1 Te Reo the Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand , pp.52-73 , 2026
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| 2 |
Md Jahangir Alam & Sushama Kanan : Receptive Vocabulary Skills of 5-to 6-Year-Old Bangla Speaking Children with or without Cerebral Palsy,
Social Science Review , vol.41 , no.2 Dhaka University , pp.195-212 , 2025
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| 3 |
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, University of Dhaka , pp.39-52 , 2022
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| 4 |
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
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| 5 |
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
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| 6 |
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
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| 7 |
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, University of Dhaka , pp.115-131 , 2018
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| 8 |
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, University of Dhaka , pp.83-100 , 2017
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| 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’ Association Conference
Canterbury, New Zealand: 2021
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| 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
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| 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
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| 4 |
Md Jahangir Alam "Poster presentation on “Needs of Speech & Language Therapy Services for Post-operative Cleft Palate Children”."
Indo Cleft Conference
Chennai, India: 2011
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| 5 |
Md Jahangir Alam "Autism and role of Speech & Language Therapy."
South Asian regional conference on Autism
Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2009
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Dhaka University (BOS) Overseas Scholarship | 2018 | Bangladesh | Awarded Dhaka University Overseas Scholarship in 2018 by University of Dhaka, 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. |