Parents' Role in Their Children's Language Acquisition.

Mushi, Selina L. P.

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Title: Parents' Role in Their Children's Language Acquisition.

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Title:	Parents' Role in Their Children's Language Acquisition.
Authors:	Mushi, Selina L. P.
Descriptors:	Correlation; Language Acquisition; Language Research; Oral Language; Parent Attitudes; Parent Role; Preschool Children; Preschool Education
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Publication Date:	2000-00-00
Pages:	10
Pub Types:	Reports - Research
Abstract:	A study was conducted in 32 families in Chicago, with children ranging from 18 months to 5 years, to examine the role of parents in their young children's language acquisition. Specifically investigated were parents' attitudes on language acquisition, opportunities used to prompt their youngsters to say a new word/utterance, and the utterances learned. Four instruments were used to collect data: a parents' questionnaire which provided background information on attitudes about language and languages used in the family; a word acquisition chart which documented prompts, contexts, words/utterances heard and learned in their complexity; audio-recording which provided parent-child linguistic interaction and complexity in a natural setting; and parent interviews which helped the researcher clarify observations as a way of cross-checking the study's internal validity. Findings suggest that parents used various strategies and prompts to help their children in acquiring new words and structures. A multiple correlation analysis indicated that: parent attitudes and beliefs were related to their children's acquisition of language; and hearing "a lot of language" was positively related to producing "a lot of language." All the parents indicated that school had a strong influence on their children's acquisition of new English words, but family/home played a significant role in nurturing language acquisition and development in general. (Contains 18 references.) (NKA)
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Identifiers:	Illinois (Chicago)
Record Type:	Non-Journal
Level:	1 - Available on microfiche
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Preschool Education

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