Research regarding specific strategies adolescent mothers (AMs) may utilize to facilitate early language and emergent literacy skills in their children is lacking. This exploratory study investigated AMs’ perceived use of preselected common language and emergent literacy strategies and correlated their use of these strategies to their children’s language skills. In total, 12 AMs enrolled in an alternative school program were surveyed using the Self-Assessment of Language and Literacy Implementation (SALLI) and also completed a self-report of their child’s language development using the norm-referenced MacArthur-Bates Communication Development Inventories (CDI). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s Rank Correlation to determine the significance and relationship between variables. AMs scored low on the SALLI, with the lowest scores specifically in the areas of Directiveness and Home Environment. Results on the CDI indicated that the children had below average receptive and expressive language skills.

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青少年母亲实施提高孩子早期语言和紧急识字技能的策略

缺乏关于青少年母亲 (AMs) 可以用来促进孩子早期语言和新兴识字技能的具体策略的研究。这项探索性研究调查了 AM 对预先选择的通用语言和新兴识字策略的感知使用，并将他们对这些策略的使用与他们孩子的语言技能相关联。总共有 12 名就读于替代学校计划的 AM 接受了语言和识字实施自我评估 (SALLI) 的调查，并使用规范参考的麦克阿瑟-贝茨沟通发展量表完成了他们孩子的语言发展的自我报告（ CDI）。使用描述性统计和斯皮尔曼等级相关分析数据以确定变量之间的显着性和关系。AMs 在 SALLI 上的得分很低，在方向性和家庭环境方面得分最低。CDI 的结果表明，儿童的接受能力和表达能力低于平均水平。