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Main Authors: Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria, Mesa, Carol
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED631666
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author Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria
Mesa, Carol
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Mesa, Carol
Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria
Mesa, Carol
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contents The Association of the Home Literacy Environment and Parental Reading Beliefs with Oral Language Growth Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Children Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria Mesa, Carol Correlation Family Environment English (Second Language) Spanish Second Language Learning Parent Attitudes Reading Attitudes Kindergarten Elementary School Students Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Bilingualism Family Literacy Reading Habits Reading Materials Libraries Vocabulary Skills Language Tests Intelligence Tests Verbal Ability Vocabulary Prediction Reading Comprehension Purpose: This study examines the extent to which the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) as measured by reading habits and resources, library use, and subscriptions or materials, as well as parental reading beliefs predict both language skills (i.e., vocabulary) at kindergarten and students' trajectories of growth from kindergarten (K) to grade 3 (G3). Method: The sample included 259 Spanish-English bilingual children and their parents living in Arizona. We measured HLE and parental reading beliefs with a questionnaire administered to parents during the kindergarten year. Children completed measures of English and bilingual Spanish-English vocabulary in grades K to G3. Results: Findings indicated that library use and reading habits and resources predicted skills at kindergarten, but not growth. Across all language outcomes, library use was the consistent factor associated with skills in kindergarten. Conclusion: Given that HLE was associated with variability in children's vocabulary skills at kindergarten but not with vocabulary growth, this suggests that timely HLE supports are essential. Supports around library use show promise, given their significant associations with vocabulary skills in Spanish-English bilingual children. [This paper was prepared by the Task Force of the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) consisting of Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado (Convener), Carol Mesa, Ann A. O'Connell, and Laida Restrepo.]
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spellingShingle The Association of the Home Literacy Environment and Parental Reading Beliefs with Oral Language Growth Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Children
Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria
Mesa, Carol
Correlation
Family Environment
English (Second Language)
Spanish
Second Language Learning
Parent Attitudes
Reading Attitudes
Kindergarten
Elementary School Students
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Bilingualism
Family Literacy
Reading Habits
Reading Materials
Libraries
Vocabulary Skills
Language Tests
Intelligence Tests
Verbal Ability
Vocabulary
Prediction
Reading Comprehension
The Association of the Home Literacy Environment and Parental Reading Beliefs with Oral Language Growth Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Children Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria Mesa, Carol Correlation Family Environment English (Second Language) Spanish Second Language Learning Parent Attitudes Reading Attitudes Kindergarten Elementary School Students Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Bilingualism Family Literacy Reading Habits Reading Materials Libraries Vocabulary Skills Language Tests Intelligence Tests Verbal Ability Vocabulary Prediction Reading Comprehension Purpose: This study examines the extent to which the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) as measured by reading habits and resources, library use, and subscriptions or materials, as well as parental reading beliefs predict both language skills (i.e., vocabulary) at kindergarten and students' trajectories of growth from kindergarten (K) to grade 3 (G3). Method: The sample included 259 Spanish-English bilingual children and their parents living in Arizona. We measured HLE and parental reading beliefs with a questionnaire administered to parents during the kindergarten year. Children completed measures of English and bilingual Spanish-English vocabulary in grades K to G3. Results: Findings indicated that library use and reading habits and resources predicted skills at kindergarten, but not growth. Across all language outcomes, library use was the consistent factor associated with skills in kindergarten. Conclusion: Given that HLE was associated with variability in children's vocabulary skills at kindergarten but not with vocabulary growth, this suggests that timely HLE supports are essential. Supports around library use show promise, given their significant associations with vocabulary skills in Spanish-English bilingual children. [This paper was prepared by the Task Force of the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) consisting of Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado (Convener), Carol Mesa, Ann A. O'Connell, and Laida Restrepo.]
title The Association of the Home Literacy Environment and Parental Reading Beliefs with Oral Language Growth Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Children
topic Correlation
Family Environment
English (Second Language)
Spanish
Second Language Learning
Parent Attitudes
Reading Attitudes
Kindergarten
Elementary School Students
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Bilingualism
Family Literacy
Reading Habits
Reading Materials
Libraries
Vocabulary Skills
Language Tests
Intelligence Tests
Verbal Ability
Vocabulary
Prediction
Reading Comprehension
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED631666