[A tool for the language evaluation of bilingual children]

Dalila Rezzoug; Amalini Simon; Marie Rose Moro

doi:10.1016/j.spp.2018.05.003

[A tool for the language evaluation of bilingual children]

Soins Pediatr Pueric. 2018 Jul-Aug;39(303):14-16. doi: 10.1016/j.spp.2018.05.003.

[Article in French]

Authors

Dalila Rezzoug¹, Amalini Simon², Marie Rose Moro³

Affiliations

¹ Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France. Electronic address: dalila.rezzoug@aphp.fr.
² Maison des Adolescents, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 97 boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France.
³ Maison des Adolescents, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 97 boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France; Université de Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris cité, Chef de service de la Maison des Adolescents, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 97 boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France.

PMID: 30032912
DOI: 10.1016/j.spp.2018.05.003

Abstract

The native language is a vehicle for transmission and inscription into a culture. In children of migrants who grow up between two languages and two cultures, language develops in a context of bilingualism. This specific context requires bilingual assessments to ensure that a child's complete skills are assessed. The language assessment of non-French-speaking children and first-time immigrants, has been set up at Avicenne hospital in Bobigny. It is the first transcultural tool for the assessment of native languages.

Keywords: assessment; bilingualism; bilinguisme; clinique transculturelle; langage; language; langue maternelle; native language; transcultural clinic; évaluation.

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Language Disorders / diagnosis
Language Tests*
Multilingualism*
Transients and Migrants