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Bilingualism: Validation Of Avicenne's Elal

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

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01331057
Acronym
BILINGUISME
Enrollment
125
Registered
2011-04-07
Start date
2011-06-30
Completion date
2015-12-31
Last updated
2021-06-15

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Conditions

Language

Keywords

Bilingualism, Language, Evaluation transcultural, Intra Familial Relationship, Transmissions mother, Tongue french, Language tamil, Language arabic, Language soninke, Language cultural, Affiliations crossbreeding

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.

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

Interventions

OTHERNEEL test

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

OTHERELAL test

An assessment of mother tongue with the ELAL of AVICENNE

OTHERInterview

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

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 6 Years
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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Validation of an instrument of the first language assessment.at 54 monthsValidation of avicenne's ELAL: instrument of mother tongue assessment

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Impact of familial and transcultural factorsat 54 monthsimpact of familial and transcultural factors on early bilingualism in migrants' children born in france

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026