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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Language
• Intervention / Treatment: 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

2. 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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 125

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Seine Saint-Denis
    • Bobigny, Seine Saint-Denis, France, 93000
      • Dr Dalila REZZOUG

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 2 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children are five 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 we defines for the first step of validation: tamil, soninké, Arabic

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	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

What is the study measuring?

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

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 5, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): April 7, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 14, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Language; Bilingualism; Evaluation transcultural; Intra Familial Relationship; Transmissions mother; Tongue french; Language tamil; Language arabic; Language soninke; Language cultural; Affiliations crossbreeding
• Other Study ID Numbers: NI07023