Profile
I pursued a PhD in Speech and Language Science from Western University in Canada. I am an Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
Education
- 2005
Bachelor degree from Childhood StudiesHome Economy College, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2012
Master degree from Speech & Language Science Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University , لندن-اونتاريو, كـــــــندا
- 2018
Doctorate degree from Speech & Language Science Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, لندن-اونتاريو, كـــــــندا
Employment
- 2005-2009
Demonstartor, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2010-2017
Member of the Language and Working Memory Lab, Western University, , كـــــــندا
- 2018-حاليا
Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
Research Interests
I studies language development and impairment in monolingual and bilingual Arabic-speaking children. My primary research interest is the assessment of monolingual Arabic-speaking children, and Arabic-English bilingual children.
Publications:
- Balilah, A., Rafat, Y., Archibald, L.M.D. (2019). Domain-Specific and Domain-General Processing Accounts in Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI): Contribution of Cross Linguistic Evidence. In S. Hidri (Ed.), (English Language Teaching Research in the Middle East and North Africa). Palgrave.
- Balilah, A., & Archibald, L. M. D. (2018). Sentence Recall and Single Word Reading in Monolingual Children and Same-age English Language Learners (ELLs) with and without Parental Concerns about Language Development. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Balilah, A., & Archibald, L. M. D. (2018). The Measurement of Language Ability and Impairment in Arabic-speaking Children. In S. Hidri (Ed.), Revisiting the assessment of second language abilities: From theory to practice.Springer.
PhD Thesis:
- Balilah, A.(2017). Linguistic and Cognitive Measures in Arabic-Speaking English Language Learners (ELLs) and monolingual children with and without Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5088. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5088
Master Thesis:
- Balilah, A.)2012). Sentence Recall in Monolingual and ELL with and without Parental Concerns about Language Development. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 624.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/624
Accepted (Peer-Reviewed Posters) Presentations:
- Balilah & Archibald, Linguistic and Cognitive Measures in Arabic-speaking English Language Learners (ELLs), Madison, Wisconsin, June, 2017.
- Kwok, Balilah, Albakri, Elbadri, Wang, Oram Cardy, & Archibald, Quantifying Intratest Performance Variability on Standardized Language Measures in Arabic-speaking English Language Learners (ELLs), Children with Developmental Language Disorder, and Typical Controls, Madison, Wisconsin, June, 2017.
- Balilah & Archibald, The Measurement of Language Ability and Impairment in Arabic- speaking Children, Madison, Wisconsin, June, 2016.
- Balilah, & Archibald, Investigating a working memory advantage in bilingual Arabic-English children, Workshop on Bilingualism and Executive Function: An Interdisciplinary Approach, New York, May, 2015.
- Balilah & Archibald, Linguistic and Cognitive Factors Sensitive to Language Performance Differences in English Language Learners (ELLs), Madison, Wisconsin, June, 2015.
- Balilah & Archibald, Linguistic and Cognitive Factors Differentiating Arabic-speaking Children with and without Specific Language Impairment (SLI)., Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2014.
- Balilah, & Archibald, Sentence Recall and Single Word Reading in Monolingual and ELL with and without Parental Concerns about Language Development, Child Language Seminar, The University of Manchester, June, 2013.
- Balilah & Archibald, The Language Characteristics of Arabic Speakers with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, Wisconsin, June, 2013.
Scientific interests