Exploring the effect of bilingualism on the communicative abilities of children who have Down's syndrome

探讨双语对唐氏综合症儿童沟通能力的影响

• 批准号: 2889700
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2889700
• 关键词: Exploring; effect; bilingualism; communicative; abilities

In this project we focus on an understudied population, that of bilingual children with Down's Syndrome in a context where bilingualism is not supported at the societal level. Children with Down's Syndrome are known to have language delays and language learning difficulties (Abbeduto et al., 2007; Ypsilanti & Grouios, 2008), however, the majority of research on this population has focused exclusively on children from one-language backgrounds. Given that bilingualism is an important feature of the increasingly multicultural societies in the UK and globally, understanding the impact of bilingual exposure is crucial to providing the appropriate support for these children. Just as an example, in discussions with Speech and Language Therapists in the Down's Syndrome Association of the UK, they have said that around 25% of the children they work with on a day-to-day basis come from bilingual backgrounds. It is true there is some work that has been done exploring the effects of bilingualism on the language development of children with Down's Syndrome, but all this research has been conducted in contexts where bilingualism is in fact supported societally as in Wales or Quebec (e.g., Burgoyne, et al. 2015; Trudeau, et al 2011;Ward and Sanoudaki, 2020; Woll & Grove, 1996). Therefore, the aim of this project is to explore a context where bilingualism is restricted to the home environment, that of migrant families in England. To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first project exploring this population.This project involves a collaboration with the Down's Syndrome Association of the UK, who will provide mentorship and guidance throughout the project and will integrate the student into their language advisory services and allow them to do an internship to develop materials regarding bilingualism and Down Syndrome for (para-)practitioners and families and get first-hand experience inworking alongside Speech and Language Therapist and bilingual families. The PhD student will also become an active member of the research community within the School of Education, Communication and Society at King'sCollege London.

在这个项目中，我们专注于一个研究不足的人口，即双语儿童唐氏综合症的背景下，双语是不支持在社会层面。已知患有唐氏综合症的儿童具有语言延迟和语言学习困难（Abbeduto等人，二○ ○七年; Ypsilanti & Grouios，2008），然而，大多数关于这一人群的研究都只关注来自一种语言背景的儿童。鉴于双语是英国和全球日益多元文化社会的一个重要特征，了解双语接触的影响对于为这些儿童提供适当的支持至关重要。例如，在与英国唐氏综合症协会的言语和语言治疗师的讨论中，他们说，他们每天工作的孩子中约有25%来自双语背景。的确，已经做了一些工作来探索双语对唐氏综合症儿童语言发展的影响，但所有这些研究都是在双语实际上得到社会支持的情况下进行的，如在威尔士或魁北克（例如，Burgoyne等人，2015年; Trudeau等人，2011年;Ward和Sanoudaki，2020年; Woll和格罗夫，1996年）。因此，这个项目的目的是探索一个背景下，双语仅限于家庭环境，即在英格兰的移民家庭。据我们所知，这将是第一个探索这一人群的项目。该项目涉及与英国唐氏综合症协会的合作，他们将在整个项目中提供指导和指导，并将学生融入他们的语言咨询服务，并允许他们实习，为（帕拉）从业者和家庭开发有关双语和唐氏综合症的材料，并获得第一-与言语和语言治疗师以及双语家庭一起工作的经验。博士生也将成为伦敦国王学院教育、传播与社会学院研究界的积极成员。