HISTORY AND CULTURE

 WHERE IS FRENCH SPOKEN: 

French is the official language in Belgium, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central, African, Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte, d’Ivoire, Democratic, Republic, of, the, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial, Guinea, France, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Republic, of, the, Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu. 

UNICEF: 

Data from countries throughout the world is provided on individual countries and regions of the world on the topics of: Child health, Child Protection, Child Survival, Early Childhood Development, Education and Home Environments, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and newborn health, Nutrition, Sanitation and Water.

https://data.unicef.org/country/

Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education and Home Environments.

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/development-status/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/early-childhood-education/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/home-environment/

ETHNOMED:

https://ethnomed.org/

Go to Cultures at the top of the website page.

French is spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

These pages have information about:  Interpersonal relationships (Naming, Status Role Prestige); Greetings (Phrases of Courtesy);Displays of Respect; General Etiquette; Marriage Family & Kinship Structure (Member, Gender/Status, Age Relationships, Family Kinship Structure); Reproduction (Pregnancy, Child Birth Post Partum Practices, Infancy Childhood and Socialization (Infant Feeding and Care, Child Rearing Practices); Nutrition and Food; Drinks, Drugs and Indulgences, Religious Life, Death, Traditional Medical Practices, Experiences with Western Medicines, Mental Health, Community Structure, Common Acculturation Issues;

Africa:  Eritrean, Ethiopian, Oromo, Somali, Congolese,

Cultures within America and World Cultures:

https://www.everyculture.com/

Multicultural America:  https://www.everyculture.com/multi/

World Cultures:  https://www.everyculture.com/wc/

This website provides information by country on the topics of:  History, The beginning of Immigration, the Modern Era, Significant Immigration waves, Settlement Patterns (Acculturation/Assimilation), Traditions, Customs & Beliefs, Proverbs, Cuisine, Traditional Costumes, Dances & Songs, Holidays, Health Issues (Language, Family Community Dynamics), Education, Birth, Role of Women, Courtship & Weddings, Funerals (Religion, Employment and Economic Traditions, Politics and Government), Relationship with country of origin (Individual Group Contributions), Academia, Government, Media, Organizations and Associations, Museums and Research Centers.

Information is provided on cultures within America and World Cultures.

CULTURAL ORIENTATION RESOURCE CENTER:

http://www.culturalorientation.net/

http://www.culturalorientation.net/library/publications

These monographs, Background Material, contain information about: Modern history, government and economy, Health Care and Education, The Land (Geography, Urban/Rural), The People (Educational and Occupational Backgrounds, Ethnic, Religions and Religious Groups, Beliefs and Customs:(Religious Beliefs, Customs-Family and Family Relations, Gender Roles and Relations (Marriage, Parenting, Leadership), Healthcare beliefs and practices (Physical Health Care, Mental Health Care), Food, Drink, Smoking, Clothing)), Conditions in First Asylum Countries, Implications for Resettlement.

Africa:  Democratic Republic of the Congo, 

Caribbean:  Haitians,

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/profiles/index.html

Refugee Health Profiles are provided:  Each profile covers some of these topics:

• • Priority Health Conditions

  • Background

  • Population Movements

  • Healthcare and Conditions Before Arrival

  • Medical Screening of U.S.-bound Refugees

  • Post-arrival Medical Screening

  • Health Information

 Africa:  Congolese

CULTURAL ATLAS (AUSTRALIA):

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/countries

Information for each culture are:  Core Concepts, Greetings, Religion, Family, Naming, Dates of Significance, Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts, Communication, Other Considerations, Business Culture

Europe:  France

Africa:  Mauritius

North America:  Canada

STARTTS:  SERVICE FOR THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF TORTURE AND TRAUMA SURVIVORS:

http://scoa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Participant-Booklet_STARTTS-Cultural-Competence-Workshop_May2018.pdf

Africa:  Democratic Republic of the Congo

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRENCH LANGUAGE

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL TOPICS IN CSD:

Information below is from the Portland State University website

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages

WEEBLY LANGUAGE MANUALS:

http://languagemanuals.weebly.com/language-manuals-list.html

Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Hungarian, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

ETHNOLOGUE:

https://www.ethnologue.com/

 OMNIGLOT:

https://omniglot.com/index.htm

Writing Systems: Constructed scripts, Languages (profiles, how to learn languages, language lessons, language names, language families), Multilingual pages (Useful phrases, silly phrases, phrase finder, numbers, time, colours, family words, terms of endearment, idioms, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, stories), 

PHRASES IN 50 LANGUAGES:

https://www.50languages.com/

MUSTGO:

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/

Status, Dialects,  Structure (Sound, system, Syllable structure, Vowels, Consonants, Tones, Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Markers, Word Order), Vocabulary, Writing,

LESSONS- SCHOOL-AGED SUBJECTS:

Ms. Pacifico’s site: 

Find the Languages on the Left hand side of the website

Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, Chin, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Karenni (Kaya Li), Karen, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrigna, Urdu, Vietnamese

https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/17065

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/language-rbern/education/bilingual-glossaries-and-cognates

CHARLES STUART UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA

ACQUISITION OF SPEECH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD IN MANY LANGUAGES:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acq-studies

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY:  INTELLIGIBILITY IN SPEECH CONTEXT

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/ics

COMPARING LANGUAGES:  INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/languages

MULTILINGUAL SPEECH ASSESSMENTS:

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-assessments

INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS

INFORMATION ABOUT HEARING LOSS IN FRANCE:

http://inpes.santepubliquefrance.fr/CFESBases/catalogue/pdf/884.pdf

www.inpes.sante.fr/CFESBases/catalogue/pdf/884.pdf

www.acfos.org/publication/autresp/cestquoilasurdite.pdf

www.acfos.org/livreblanc_acfos2006.pdf

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE DEAF?  OR WHAT IS DEAFNESS:  AN EXPLANATION OF HOW WE HEAR IN FRENCH.

http://www.acfos.org/publication/autresp/cestquoilasurdite.pdf

COCHLEAR CORPORATION

 Can access the cochlear websites from different countries by going to the International button at the top of the website

LISTEN, LEARN AND TALK:

Language: English, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish Swedish, Norwegian, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese

Focusing on the natural bond that exists between parents and their children, this auditory habilitation tool consists of a book and DVD. This program has been developed for both parents and professionals to compliment their child’s habilitation program. The program follows the natural development of the child from birth to school age, and contains ideas and strategies for developing spoken language through listening.

INTEGRATED SCALES OF DEVELOPMENT:

English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.

This comprehensive developmental chart identifies milestones in listening, receptive (what your child understands) and expressive (what your says) language speech, cognition (thinking) and social communication. A practical and easy to use form supports you in tracking your child’s development over the long term.

RESOURCES FROM MEDEL IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES:

https://www.medel.com/en-us/support/rehab/rehabilitation-downloads

Languages:  English, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, French, Italian, Japanese, Swedish, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayan, Sinhala, Korean, Mandarin, Romanian, Portuguese Brazilian, Danish, Farsi, Portuguese, French Canadian, Spanish Latinoamerica, Spanish USA, English USA, Indonesian, Marathi

CUED SPEECH:  ADAPTED IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cued_speech

https://cuedspeech.org/

Cued Speech Association website can be translated into many languages – go to the top of the website to change language

https://www.academieinternationale.org/cue-charts

View the archives for cue sheets in other languages

AUDITEC:

Speech discrimination tests in Arabic, Cantonese, Cebuano, Ethiopian (Amarigna, Tigrigna, and Oromiffa), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tongan, Vietnamese

https://auditec.com/

Non-verbal-Non-Linguistic

https://auditec.com/category/non-verbal-stimuli-non-linguistic/