ERIC Number: EJ1274619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Home Language and Literacy Environments and Early Literacy Trajectories of Low-Socioeconomic Status Chilean Children
Child Development, v91 n6 p2042-2062 Nov-Dec 2020
This study used Latent Class Analysis to identify groups of children exposed to similar Home Language and Literacy Environments (HLLE) and explored whether belonging to a given HLLE group was related to children's language and early literacy growth from prekindergarten to kindergarten. Participants were 1,425 Chilean mothers and their children (M[subscript age] = 52.52 months at baseline) from low-socioeconomic status households. Four HLLE groups were identified, which were associated with different trajectories of language and early literacy development. Children from groups whose mothers either read and talk about past events with them or teach them letters in addition to reading and talking about past events, showed higher relative vocabulary and letter knowledge. Implications for research and interventions are discussed.
Descriptors: Family Environment, Language Usage, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Mothers, Low Income Groups, Reading Aloud to Others, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Parents as Teachers, Vocabulary Development, Alphabets, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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