Multilanguage Assessment Battery of Early Literacy (MABEL): A web-based resource for diagnosing literacy skills in various monolingual and bilingual settings [REF2021]
Impact Summary for the General Public
Low literacy attainment affects one in five 15-year-olds in Europe, with consequences for a range of long-term prospects, but may be averted with early diagnosis of risk and timely interventions. A Bangor-led international group of researchers developed the Multilanguage Assessment Battery of Early Literacy (MABEL) - the first freely-available, web-based resource, uniquely offering a battery of tests across five languages for monolingual, bilingual, and second language assessment. Primary beneficiaries of MABEL since September 2019 are 750 practitioners in 22 countries previously lacking objective, high quality, evidence-based assessments for early detection of children’s risk for, and manifestations of, literacy failure.
Category of impact
- Societal
Research outputs (6)
- Published
Prevalence and Cognitive Profiles of Children with Comorbid Literacy and Motor Disorders
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A cross-linguistic, longitudinal study of the foundations of decoding and reading comprehension ability
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dimensionality of early writing in English and Spanish
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review