Performance of African American Preschool Children from Low-Income Families on Expressive Language Measures

Autor/inn/en	Qi, Cathy H.; Kaiser, Ann P.; Marley, Scott C.; Milan, Stephanie
Titel	Performance of African American Preschool Children from Low-Income Families on Expressive Language Measures
Quelle	In: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 32 (2012) 3, S.175-184 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-1214
DOI	10.1177/0271121411415426
Schlagwörter	Language Aptitude; Morphemes; Age Differences; Expressive Language; Language Acquisition; Preschool Children; Low Income Groups; Mothers; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; African American Children; Measures (Individuals); Longitudinal Studies; Statistical Analysis; Statistical Significance; Rating Scales; Tennessee; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Preschool Language Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Morphem; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mother; Mutter; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Messdaten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Statistische Analyse; Rating-Skala
Abstract	The purposes of the study were to determine (a) the ability of two spontaneous language measures, mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLU-m) and number of different words (NDW), to identify African American preschool children at low and high levels of language ability; (b) whether child chronological age was related to the performance of either group; and (c) the relationship between maternal education and the performance of children on MLU-m, NDW, and on the Expressive Communication (EC) subscale of the Preschool Language Scale-3. Analyses revealed that children with low language abilities performed lower on the language sampling measures than did those with high language abilities. Using MLU-m and NDW successfully classified 72.1% children with low language abilities and 75.4% children with high language abilities. Children's MLU-m and NDW were positively related with age. Children differed in their expressive language measures related to maternal education levels. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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