Résumés
Résumé
L’identification d’un trouble développemental du langage (TDL) des enfants bilingues par les orthophonistes est un défi, car les enfants bilingues au développement typique (DT) évalués dans une seule langue peuvent avoir une performance plus basse que celle de leurs pairs unilingues. Le présent projet vise à évaluer les effets d’une adaptation des points de repère selon les domaines langagiers, et selon le niveau d’exposition au français des enfants bilingues ayant un DT, du questionnaire aux parents du Milestones en français du Québec (MilBec). Les items ont été divisés en deux sous-échelles selon que l’item porte sur des habiletés langagières plus générales (sous-échelle HG) ou un élément plus spécifique à la langue française (sous-échelle LF). La performance d’enfants unilingues au DT ou présentant un TDL est comparée à celle d’enfants bilingues au DT avec une haute ou une faible exposition au français. Les résultats indiquent que les enfants unilingues présentant un TDL ont une faible performance aux deux sous-échelles. Tous les enfants au DT performent de manière similaire, mais un plus grand nombre d’enfants bilingues avec une faible exposition au français performent faiblement à la sous-échelle LF. Ces résultats soulignent l’importance de tenir compte des domaines du langage évalués et du degré d’exposition à la langue des enfants bilingues lors de l’analyse de leur performance.
Abstract
It is a challenge for speech-language pathologists to identify developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilingual children since bilingual children with typical development (TD) assessed in just one language may not perform as well as their unilingual peers. The objective of the project is to evaluate the effects of adapting language acquisition benchmarks and assess how much exposure to French the bilingual TD children have had based on the Milestones en français du Québec (MilBec) questionnaire given to parents. The items were divided into two subscales according to whether the item is related to general language skills (GLS subscale) or to an element more specific to the French language (FL subscale). The performance of unilingual children with TD or DLD is compared to that of bilingual children with TD who have either high or low exposure to French. The results indicate that unilingual children with DLD perform poorly on both subscales. The performance of all TD children is similar on the subscales, but more bilingual children with little exposure to French perform poorly on the FL subscale. When analyzing their performance, these results underscore the importance of considering which linguistic benchmarks are assessed and the degree of exposure bilingual children have had to the language.
Resumen
La identificación de un trastorno del desarrollo del lenguaje (TDL) de los niños bilingües por las personas ortofonistas constituye un desafío, ya que los niños bilingües con desarrollo típico (DT) evaluados en un solo idioma pueden tener un rendimiento más bajo que el de sus pares monolingües. El presente proyecto busca a evaluar los efectos de una adaptación de los puntos de referencia según los dominios lingüísticos y según el nivel de exposición al francés de los niños bilingües con un DT, del cuestionario a los padres del Milestones en français du Québec (MilBec). Los ítems han sido divididos en dos sub-escalas dependiendo de si el ítem trata de habilidades lingüísticas más generales (sub-escala HG) o de un elemento más específico a la lengua francesa (sub-escala LF). Se compara el rendimiento de niños monolingües con DT o que presentan un TDL al de niños bilingües con DT con una alta o baja exposición al francés. Los resultados indican que los niños monolingües con TDL tienen un bajo rendimiento en las dos sub-escalas. Todos los niños con DT consiguen un rendimiento similar, pero un número más grande de niños bilingües con una baja exposición al francés tienen un rendimiento más bajo en la sub-escala LF. Estos resultados señalan la importancia de tener en cuenta los dominios del lenguaje evaluados y del grado de exposición al idioma de los niños bilingües durante el análisis de su rendimiento
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