Study Participation | Monolingual and bilingual children required for “more than talking” study
The Western Sydney University – BabyLab is currently recruiting children for a masters project which is investigating the relationship between learning two languages and cognitive skills.
You may be eligible if you;
- Born in Australia
- Are between 7.5 and 8.5 years old and
- Either monolingual speakers or bilingual speakers;
- Monolingual: Children from families who speak only English at home.
- Bilingual: Children who speak another language as well as English at home (All languages welcome)
What is involved?
Your child will be asked to respond to some easy, game-like tasks that include:
- Looking at some pictures and point to the picture that corresponds to the word spoken by the research assistant.
- Sorting some cards by shape and by colour, depending on the instructions.
- Responding verbally to some figures.
- Telling as many words as a possible in the period of two minutes (words beginning by a given letter and words belonging to a category, as animals, fruits or other)
How long is the study?
Participation is approximately 1 hour.
Children who participate receive:
- A child science degree
- A small gift
- $30.00 travel reimbursement
Where:
This study is being conducted at MARCS Babylab which is located on the Bankstown Campus (Milperra) of the Western Sydney University.
To register:
For more information or to register please contact Gloria Pino by email at g.pinoescobar@westernsydney.edu.au. Please include your phone number and the languages your child speaks in your email. Alternatively, you can register your child at BabyLab - Registration.