Global TALES Network

The Global TALES Network is an initiative of the Child Language Committee of the International Association for Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). In this project, an international team of researchers  set out to investigate methods for eliciting and analyzing children’s personal event narratives, with the ultimate aim of developing FREELY AVAILABLE global tools and approaches to support assessment and interventions for this important skill in children with significant challenges in their learning, including those with language disorders.  During 2018/2019, we developed an elicitation protocol (the Global TALES protocol) and conducted a pilot study, in which we used the protocol to elicit personal narratives from 10-year-old children from a range of countries.  Since 2018, the project team has attracted members from  more than 40 countries, speaking > 30 languages.