English-Speaking Foreign Domestic Helpers and Students' English Reading Attainment in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Tse, Shek Kam; Lam, Raymond Y. H.; Loh, Elizabeth K. Y.; Ip, Olivia K. M.; Lam, Joseph W. I.; Chan, Yiu Man
Titel	English-Speaking Foreign Domestic Helpers and Students' English Reading Attainment in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Chinese Education and Society, 42 (2009) 3, S.49-65 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1061-1932
DOI	10.2753/CED1061-1932420303
Schlagwörter	Reading Comprehension; Speech Communication; Employment Level; Mothers; Reading Achievement; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Reading Skills; Elementary School Students; Family Environment; Family Structure; Employed Parents; English (Second Language); Correlation; Socioeconomic Influences; Housework; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Beschäftigungsgrad; Mother; Mutter; Leseleistung; Fragebogen; Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Familienmilieu; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Korrelation; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Hausarbeit; Hongkong
Abstract	The English reading comprehension ability of 4,352 Grade 4 Hong Kong students was tested. The students' parents completed questionnaires about home factors, including monthly income, language habitually spoken at home, whether the mother was employed, and whether an English-speaking domestic helper resided there. Analyses revealed statistically significant relationships between reading attainment and whether the child had an English-speaking domestic helper at home. The relationship was stronger than that between reading attainment and whether the parents speak some English. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a statistically significant difference between the reading attainment of students who had an English-speaking domestic helper and their peers who did not. It also revealed statistically significant differences between students' reading attainment scores and the parents' socioeconomic status (SES) and the mother's employment status. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10