Evaluating Bilingual Children's Native Language Abilities in Cote D'Ivoire: Introducing the Ivorian Children's Language Assessment Toolkit for Attié, Abidji, and Baoulé

Autor/inn/en	Jasinska, Kaja; Akpe, Yapo Hermann; Seri, Blahoua Axel Debaye; Zinszer, Benjamin; Agui-Kouadio, Rodrigue Yoffo; Mulford, Kelsey; Curran, Erin; Ball, Mary-Claire; Tanoh, Fabrice
Titel	Evaluating Bilingual Children's Native Language Abilities in Cote D'Ivoire: Introducing the Ivorian Children's Language Assessment Toolkit for Attié, Abidji, and Baoulé
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 43 (2022) 6, S.1116-1142 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jasinska, Kaja) ORCID (Ball, Mary-Claire)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amac025
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Narration; Native Language; Language of Instruction; Educational Policy; Language Impairments; At Risk Students; Language Skills; Standardized Tests; Language Tests; Cultural Differences; Phonological Awareness; Elementary School Students; African Languages; Oral Language; Vocabulary Skills; Intonation; Suprasegmentals; Reading Difficulties; Foreign Countries; Scores; Benchmarking; Cote d'Ivoire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Language test; Sprachtest; Kultureller Unterschied; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Aktiver Wortschatz; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Ausland
Abstract	Few standardized language assessments are adapted to different cultural and linguistic contexts to assess children's first language (L1) abilities. We introduce the Ivorian Children's Language Assessment Toolkit for measuring phonological awareness, vocabulary, oral comprehension, and tone awareness in the Abidji, Attié, and Baoulé languages of Côte d'Ivoire. Six hundred and three primary-school children (age 4-14) completed language assessments in their L1 and French. The toolkit provided a reliable and comprehensive assessment of children's language abilities. We observed age- and grade-related increases in all subtest scores. Still, children scored higher in their L1 compared to French, highlighting the need for language assessments in a bilingual's two languages to achieve an accurate measure of children's language abilities. The ability to benchmark children's scores relative to age- and grade-norms are discussed in the context of language of instruction education policies as well as the potential use of age- and grade-norms in identifying children with language impairment and/or children who are at risk for reading difficulties due to poor language skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01