BILINGUISME: Bilingualism: Validation Of "Avicenne's Elal"

Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01331057
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The primary purpose is the validation of an instrument of the first language assessment. The second purpose is to study the impact of familial and transcultural factors on early bilingualism in migrant children born in France.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: NEEL test
  • Other: ELAL test
  • Other: Interview

Detailed Description

The research aims to validate a language instrument of the first language in migrants' children born in France. For that purpose, the investigators have built an instrument made of three sets of items: comprehension, production and narrative production. Children are elected if: they are four to six years old, in the third class of nursery school and if their first language is unique, and, one of the three languages that the investigators define for the first step of validation: tamil, SONINKE, Arabic. The PROTOCOLE is composed with two parts:

  1. For children:
  • An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test

  • An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of Avicenne

  1. For parents:
  • A semi-structured interview.
The data collected are:
General DATA:
  • Social and professional categories

  • Economical status of parents

  • The conditions of living

  • Month and year of birth for the child

  • The language used during the interview

About the child:
  • Age of language AQUISITION

  • Languages mastering

  • Language environment

  • The place among siblings

  • SCOLARISATION(DATA about cultural affiliations, representations of transmission, intra-familial relationship

DATA about parental uses and representations of languages:
  • Social and economical DATA in the country of birth

  • Place of birth, languages

  • uses of languages

  • representations about languages

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
125 participants
Observational Model:
Other
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Validation of "AVICENNE's ELAL": Instrument of Mother Tongue Assessment and Impact of Familial and Transcultural Factors on Early Bilingualism in Migrants' Children Born in France
Actual Study Start Date :
Jun 1, 2011
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
1:Sri Lankais

Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : tamil.

Other: NEEL test
An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test

Other: ELAL test
An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE

Other: Interview
For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview

2: Algerian

Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : arabic.

Other: NEEL test
An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test

Other: ELAL test
An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE

Other: Interview
For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview

3: Mali

Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : SONINKE.

Other: NEEL test
An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test

Other: ELAL test
An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE

Other: Interview
For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Validation of an instrument of the first language assessment. [at 54 months]

    Validation of "avicenne's ELAL": instrument of mother tongue assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Impact of familial and transcultural factors [at 54 months]

    impact of familial and transcultural factors on early bilingualism in migrants' children born in france

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
5 Years to 6 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Age : four to six years old

  • SCOLARISATION : nursery school

  • One language in the family house: tamil, Arabic, or SONINKE

Exclusion Criteria:
  • first class of elementary school

  • two mother tongues in the family

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Dr Dalila REZZOUG Bobigny Seine Saint-Denis France 93000

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Dalila REZZOUG, MD, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01331057
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • NI07023
First Posted:
Apr 7, 2011
Last Update Posted:
Jun 15, 2021
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2021

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 15, 2021