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Home literacy environment and existing knowledge mediate the link between socioeconomic status and language learning skills in dual language learners
Early Childhood Research Quarterly ( IF 3.815 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-15 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.10.007
Rufan Luo , Amy Pace , Dani Levine , Aquiles Iglesias , Jill de Villiers , Roberta Michnick Golinkoff , Mary Sweig Wilson , Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Children learning two languages (Dual Language Learners; DLLs) represent a rapidly growing population in the United States. DLLs are disproportionately more likely to live in families of low socioeconomic status (SES), which places many of them at risk for poor dual-language outcomes. To date, most studies on SES and dual language development have relied on static measures of vocabulary and syntactic skills, without examining the language learning processes – children’s ability to acquire new language items. The current study used a newly developed language measure, the Quick Interactive Language Screener: English and Spanish (QUILS:ES), to assess 3- through 5-year-old Spanish-English DLLs’ language learning processes. We also examined the association between SES (as measured by primary caregivers’ education) and language learning processes, and further explored mechanisms underlying the association. DLLs from higher-SES families showed better language learning skills than those from lower-SES families. The size of the gap did not vary by child age. Home literacy environment (i.e., access to books, book-reading frequency) and children’s existing knowledge (i.e., vocabulary and syntactic knowledge) mediated the SES effect. Together, these findings highlight the need to better prepare DLLs from low-SES families for learning from a dual-language environment. Supporting DLLs’ language environment and knowledge through learning materials and language and literacy activities in both languages is crucial for ameliorating the SES gap in language learning processes.



中文翻译:

家庭识字环境和现有知识介导了双语言学习者的社会经济地位与语言学习技能之间的联系

学习两种语言(双语言学习者; DLL)的孩子代表了美国人口的快速增长。DLL更有可能生活在社会经济地位低下(SES)的家庭中,这使其中许多人面临双语能力差的风险。迄今为止,大多数有关SES和双语发展的研究都依赖于静态的词汇和句法技能测度,而没有检查语言学习过程–儿童获得新语言项目的能力。当前的研究使用了一种新开发的语言措施,即“快速交互语言筛选器:英语和西班牙语(QUILS:ES)”,以评估3到5岁的西班牙英语DLL的语言学习过程。我们还研究了SES(通过初级护理人员的教育程度衡量)与语言学习过程之间的关联,并进一步探讨了关联的潜在机制。高SES家庭的DLL表现出比低SES家庭的更好的语言学习能力。差距的大小没有因儿童年龄而异。家庭识字环境(即阅读书籍,阅读频率)和儿童的现有知识(即词汇和句法知识)介导了SES效果。总之,这些发现表明,有必要更好地准备来自低SES系列的DLL,以便从双语环境中学习。通过学习材料以及两种语言的语言和扫盲活动来支持DLL的语言环境和知识,对于缓解语言学习过程中的SES差距至关重要。高SES家庭的DLL表现出比低SES家庭的更好的语言学习能力。差距的大小没有因儿童年龄而异。家庭识字环境(即阅读书籍,阅读频率)和儿童的现有知识(即词汇和句法知识)介导了SES效果。总之,这些发现表明,有必要更好地准备来自低SES系列的DLL,以便从双语环境中学习。通过学习材料以及两种语言的语言和扫盲活动来支持DLL的语言环境和知识,对于缓解语言学习过程中的SES差距至关重要。高SES家庭的DLL表现出比低SES家庭的更好的语言学习能力。差距的大小没有因儿童年龄而异。家庭识字环境(即阅读书籍,阅读频率)和儿童的现有知识(即词汇和句法知识)介导了SES效果。总之,这些发现表明,有必要更好地准备来自低SES系列的DLL,以便从双语环境中学习。通过学习材料以及两种语言的语言和扫盲活动来支持DLL的语言环境和知识,对于缓解语言学习过程中的SES差距至关重要。词汇和句法知识)介导了SES效果。总之,这些发现表明,有必要更好地准备来自低SES系列的DLL,以便从双语环境中学习。通过学习材料以及两种语言的语言和扫盲活动来支持DLL的语言环境和知识,对于缓解语言学习过程中的SES差距至关重要。词汇和句法知识)介导了SES效果。总之,这些发现表明,有必要更好地准备来自低SES系列的DLL,以便从双语环境中学习。通过学习材料以及两种语言的语言和扫盲活动来支持DLL的语言环境和知识,对于缓解语言学习过程中的SES差距至关重要。

更新日期:2020-12-23
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