Correlates of Early Language Development in Chinese Children

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Yiwen; Jin, Xingming; Shen, Xiamong; Zhang, Jinming; Hoff, Erika
Titel	Correlates of Early Language Development in Chinese Children
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 32 (2008) 2, S.145-151 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025407087213
Schlagwörter	Caregivers; Foreign Countries; Vocabulary Development; Language Teachers; North Americans; Language Acquisition; Teaching Methods; Correlation; Gender Differences; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Grammar; Generalization; Toddlers; Fathers; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Ausland; Wortschatzarbeit; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Grammatik; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind
Abstract	Caregivers of 608 (331 boys and 277 girls) children in Shanghai, China reported on their children's language development and on the language teaching practices used in the home. The children were between 24 and 47 months old. The relation of age-corrected language level to paternal education, child gender, and teaching practice use was examined. Children of more educated fathers were more advanced in language development than children of less educated fathers. Girls were more advanced than boys. Some language teaching practices were positively related to language development but one, the practice of eliciting imitation from children, was negatively related to language development. Vocabulary development showed a greater number of significant relations to environmental variables than did grammatical development. These results suggest the cross-linguistic and cross-cultural generalizability of previous findings from studies of North American samples with respect to correlates of children's early language development. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10