The Effects of Measures of Language Experience and Language Ability on Segmental Accuracy in Bilingual Children
The Effects of Measures of Language Experience and Language Ability on Segmental Accuracy in Bilingual Children
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DOI：
10.1044/1058-0360(2010/08-0086
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Burrows, Lauren
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作者：
Goldstein, Brian A.;Bunta, Ferenc;Burrows, Lauren
目的：本研究探讨了语言经验的选择措施的影响（父母报告的输出频率和语言使用的估计）和语言能力方法：对50名典型的西班牙语-英语双语儿童的语音技能进行了研究（平均年龄= 5; 9 [岁;月]）。自变量包括语言使用，语言熟练程度，和语言输出频率（5组），以及直接的语言测量（平均长度的话语）预测依赖的分段准确性措施（辅音和元音正确的百分比）。结果：语言输出的频率没有影响任何英语或西班牙语的分段准确性措施。然而，父母报告的语言使用和语言水平以及语言能力的直接测量（平均话语长度的话）有不同的影响段的准确性。这些影响不同，但是，在特定的语言patterns.Conclusions：父母的语言使用和语言能力的估计是有用的预测双语西班牙语和英语儿童的语音技能，并增加他们的语言能力作为预测的分段准确性的直接措施是可取的。
Purpose: The present study investigated the effects of selected measures of language experience (parent-reported estimates of frequency of output and language use) and language ability (parent-reported language proficiency and mean length of utterance in words) on the segmental accuracy of Spanish-and English-speaking bilingual children.Method: The phonological skills of 50 typically developing bilingual Spanish-English children (mean age = 5; 9 [years; months]) were examined. Independent variables included parent estimates of language use, language proficiency, and frequency of language output (5 groups), as well as a direct language measure (mean length of utterance in words) to predict the dependent segmental accuracy measures (percentage of consonants and vowels correct).Results: Frequency of language output did not have an effect on any of the English or Spanish segmental accuracy measures. However, parent-reported language use and language proficiency as well as the direct measure of language ability (mean length of utterance in words) had various effects on segmental accuracy. Those effects differed, however, in language-specific patterns.Conclusions: Parental estimates of language use and language proficiency are useful for predicting the phonological skills of bilingual Spanish-and English-speaking children, and augmenting them with a direct measure of language ability as a predictor of segmental accuracy is desirable.