Towards a Dialect-Neutral Assessment Instrument for the Language Skills of Afrikaans-Speaking Children: The Role of Socioeconomic Status

Autor/in	Southwood, Frenette
Titel	Towards a Dialect-Neutral Assessment Instrument for the Language Skills of Afrikaans-Speaking Children: The Role of Socioeconomic Status
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 40 (2013) 2, S.415-437 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000912000037
Schlagwörter	Dialects; Indo European Languages; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Socioeconomic Background; Language Tests; Scores; Syntax; Semantics; Pragmatics; Mothers; Educational Background; Educational Attainment; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dialect; Dialekt; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Korrelation; Sozioökonomische Lage; Language test; Sprachtest; Semantik; Pragmalinguistik; Mother; Mutter; Vorbildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The aims of the study were to establish whether there is a correlation between the socioeconomic background of Afrikaans-speaking children and their performance on a dialect-neutral language test, and to ascertain whether the allowance the test currently makes for parental education level is sufficient. The Afrikaans version of the "Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation" (Seymour, Roeper & de Villiers, 2005a ) was administered to 231 Afrikaans-speaking children age 4; 0 to 9; 11 from various socioeconomic backgrounds. A positive correlation was found between the composite language scores as well as the scores for each of the language domains (syntax, pragmatics, semantics) and the primary female caregivers' highest level of education. Children with father figures present did not outperform those without. It appears that the original manner of accommodating parental education level in interpreting the children's language scores on the test is sufficient and need not be refined for the South African context. (As Provided).
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