Speech and Language Disorders among Primary School Pupils

Abstract

The present study aims to identify:

1. Speech and language disorders among primary school pupils.
2. The significance of differences in speech and language disorders among primary school pupils according to the gender variable (male, female).

To achieve the research objectives, the researchers selected a sample consisting of 21 schools with a total of 988 pupils, of whom 426 were males and 562 were females. In light of Farrell’s (2006) theory, which the researchers adopted, and the definition of speech disorders by Pillsbury & David (2008), The researchers developed test items organized according to three types of speech sound disorders (final version consisting of 84 images) and five types of speech disorders (consisting of 4 images). The final test thus comprised 88 images. After administering the speech and language disorders test, 134 pupils were diagnosed with speech and language disorders. The results showed that speech and language disorders were prevalent among the pupils (the study sample) and that there was no statistically significant difference between males and females in speech and language disorders. Based on these findings, the researchers arrived at several conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions.

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