Contributions of the Home Literacy Environment to Preschool-Aged Children's Emerging Literacy and Language Skills

Autor/inn/en	Weigel, Daniel J.; Martin, Sally S.; Bennett, Kymberley K.
Titel	Contributions of the Home Literacy Environment to Preschool-Aged Children's Emerging Literacy and Language Skills
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 176 (2006) 3-4, S.357-378 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Language Skills; Family Environment; Receptive Language; Reading Interests; Path Analysis; Language Acquisition; Emergent Literacy; Family Literacy; Preschool Children; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Familienmilieu; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Leseinteresse; Pfadanalyse; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Frühleseunterricht; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	This paper reports on a study that examined both the concurrent and longitudinal connections between multiple components of the home environment and indicators of preschool-aged children's literacy and language development. Data were collected from 85 parents and their children at two different times. Results of structural path models indicated that (a) parental literacy habits were positively associated with parental reading beliefs, (b) parental reading beliefs were positively associated with parent-child literacy and language activities in the home, and (c) parent-child literacy and language activities were positively associated with children's print knowledge and reading interest. Parental demographic characteristics were associated with children's expressive and receptive language skills. The results highlight how different components of the home literacy environment are associated with different components of preschool-aged children's literacy and language abilities, findings that become more important as educators and policy-makers look for ways to enhance children's literacy and language development. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10