The effect of summer vacation on bilingual preschoolers' language development.
The effect of summer vacation on bilingual preschoolers' language development.
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DOI：
10.1080/02699200802028033
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发表时间：
2008-09
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Miccio AW
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作者：
Hammer CS;Lawrence FR;Miccio AW
调查的目的是研究双语学龄前儿童的理解西班牙语和英语的发展轨迹，并确定是否一个漫长的暑假影响儿童的发展在学龄前几年。参与者包括83名双语儿童，他们在2年内接受了随访，在此期间，儿童参加了联邦资助的学前教育计划，这些计划是为居住在美国的低收入家庭的儿童提供的。根据孩子们在接受语言测试的分数在他们的第一年中是增加还是减少，他们被分成两组。结果显示，分数增加的儿童在西班牙语和英语的语言理解能力在2年内经历了积极的增长，而分数在第一年下降的儿童在第二年继续经历了消极的发展轨迹。此外，研究发现，漫长的暑假对儿童的发展有不同的影响。暑假对那些在英语和西班牙语理解方面有所收获的儿童的发展轨迹产生了负面影响，对那些在学年中成绩下降的儿童产生了积极影响。临床意义表明，儿童可能需要不同的支持，在学年和暑假期间，根据他们的发展轨迹在第一年在学前教育。
The purpose of the investigation was to examine the developmental trajectories of bilingual preschoolers' comprehension of Spanish and English and to determine whether a lengthy summer vacation impacted children's development during the preschool years. Participants included 83 bilingual children who were followed over a 2-year period during which time children attended a federally funded preschool programme for children from low-income homes living in the US. Children were divided into two groups based on whether their scores on receptive language measures increased or decreased during their first year of Head Start. Results revealed that children whose scores increased experienced positive growth in their language comprehension in Spanish and English over the 2-year period, whereas children whose scores decreased during the first year continued to experience a negative developmental trajectory in their second year. Additionally, it was found that a lengthy summer vacation had a differential effect on children's development. Summer vacation had a negative effect on the developmental trajectories of children who experienced gains in their comprehension of English and Spanish and a positive impact on children whose scores declined during the school year. Clinical implications suggest that children may require differential support during the school year and summer vacation depending upon their developmental trajectories during the first year in preschool.