Bilingualism: Validation Of Avicenne's Elal

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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: 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 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

Official Title
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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

Conditions
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Language

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: NEEL test
* Other: ELAL test
* Other: Interview


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years
Maximum Age: 6 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| 1:Sri Lankais<br>Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : tamil. | Other: NEEL test<br>* An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test<br>Other: ELAL test<br>* An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE<br>Other: Interview<br>* For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview<br>|
| 2: Algerian<br>Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : arabic. | Other: NEEL test<br>* An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test<br>Other: ELAL test<br>* An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE<br>Other: Interview<br>* For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview<br>|
| 3: Mali<br>Children aged of four to six years old, in the nursery school and if their first language is unique : SONINKE. | Other: NEEL test<br>* An assessment for children in French with items extracted from the NEEL test<br>Other: ELAL test<br>* An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE<br>Other: Interview<br>* For parents of children include in the study: A semi -structured interview<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Validation of an instrument of the first language assessment. | Validation of avicenne's ELAL: instrument of mother tongue assessment | at 54 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact of familial and transcultural factors | impact of familial and transcultural factors on early bilingualism in migrants' children born in france | at 54 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Evaluation transcultural, Intra Familial Relationship, Transmissions mother, Tongue french, Language tamil, Language arabic, Language soninke, Language cultural, Affiliations crossbreeding, Bilingualism, Language