{"id":1302,"date":"2024-09-03T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/?page_id=1302"},"modified":"2024-09-03T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:43:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">ATLAS: Think Language First!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-1319\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1319 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Homepage Slider\" data-height=\"400\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1319\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1319\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1321 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-09-03 13:37:51\" data-filename=\"todd-rhines-W0jzK552m8E-unsplash-scaled-1-700x400.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/todd-rhines-W0jzK552m8E-unsplash-scaled-1-700x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1319 slide-1321 msDefaultImage\" title=\"todd-rhines-W0jzK552m8E-unsplash\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div><strong>MANIFESTO<\/strong><br \/>Raising awareness about the role of language health for individuals' education and well-being, endorsed by over 60 organisations<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1322 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-09-03 13:38:46\" data-filename=\"Multiling-child-istockphoto-1010316386-612x612-002-612x349.jpeg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/Multiling-child-istockphoto-1010316386-612x612-002-612x349.jpeg\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1319 slide-1322 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Back to school\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div><strong>MULTILINGUALISM<\/strong><br \/>Growing up with more than one language can be challenging<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1323 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-09-03 13:41:41\" data-filename=\"iStock-1363627613-700x400.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/iStock-1363627613-700x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1319 slide-1323 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Multiracial group of young friends bonding outdoors\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div><strong>LATE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE<\/strong><br \/>Key aspects of language ability develop during our late childhood and adolescence<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1324 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-09-03 13:42:13\" data-filename=\"man-6556454_1280-700x400.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/12\/man-6556454_1280-700x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1319 slide-1324 msDefaultImage\" title=\"man-6556454_1280\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div><strong>ACROSS POPULATIONS<\/strong><br \/>Understanding language across populations is key to understand language needs and language itself<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1325 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-09-03 13:43:21\" data-filename=\"iStock-1341298218-scaled-1-700x400.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/01\/iStock-1341298218-scaled-1-700x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1319 slide-1325 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Sign language: 2 hispanic and african american student friends deaf  talking with nonverbal communication.\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div><strong>ACROSS LANGUAGE MODALITIES<\/strong><br \/>Around 95% of children born deaf or with hearing impairment have a delayed exposure to language<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bringing language development in the school years to the forefront of research and policy from an interdisciplinary perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/manifesto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Manfesto Think Language First!\" class=\"wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-526x350.jpg 526w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/cdc-GDokEYnOfnE-unsplash-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manifesto Think Language First!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/team\/\"><img 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https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/ATLAS_Team-1-e1668605291605.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TEAM ATLAS: Accessible Tools for Language Assessment at Schools<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Issues in language development affect many children and young people for different reasons: developmental language disorder, learning disabilities, late language exposure, growing up with more than one language or coming from a disadvantaged social background.<br>There is scarce awareness about language difficulties and they often go unnoticed, despite being commonly associated with grave consequences such as low school attainment, behaviour problems and mental-health issues. We advocate for further awareness and support for language needs and for some of them to be fully acknowledged as a disability in our Manifesto. Join us by endorsing it <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/atlas\/manifesto\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLAS: Think Language First! 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