Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: The effect of home literacy factors on English and Spanish linguistic proficiency and pre-literacy skills for Spanish-speaking children

少数族裔博士后研究奖学金：家庭识字因素对西班牙语儿童英语和西班牙语语言能力和识字前技能的影响

• 批准号: 0109201
• 负责人: Lisa Lopez
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Lopez, Lisa M
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0109201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minority; Postdoctoral; Research; Fellowship; effect

Literacy development is one of the most important components of a child's education.Both oral language skills and pre-literacy skills are strong predictors of young children's future reading ability. The child's home experiences are considered the foundation for the development of these skills. The purpose of this postdoctoral research and training project is to determine a relationship between home literacy factors and the development of language and literacy skills in young low income Hispanic children, during two major transitional periods. These transitions include moving from home into a preschool program followed by moving from preschool into a kindergarten classroom. The sample will be divided into clusters based on English and Spanish proficiency levels, determined at the beginning of pre-k. Pre-literacy skills will be assessed for the entire sample at the beginning and end of pre-k as well as once during kindergarten. Home visits to collect information on home literacy factors will occur for a subset of the sample during three time points. Analyses will be conducted to test the hypotheses that home literacy factors shape language proficiency, jointly influencing pre-literacy skills between and across languages. Additionally, changes in home literacy practices during transition will be investigated.

读写能力发展是儿童教育中最重要的组成部分之一。口语技能和识字前技能都是幼儿未来阅读能力的有力预测因素。孩子的家庭经历被认为是发展这些技能的基础。该博士后研究和培训项目的目的是确定两个主要过渡时期家庭识字因素与低收入西班牙裔儿童语言和识字技能发展之间的关系。这些转变包括从家里进入学前班计划，然后从学前班进入幼儿园教室。样本将根据学前班开始时确定的英语和西班牙语熟练程度分为几组。将在学前班开始和结束时以及幼儿园期间对整个样本进行学前识字技能评估。将在三个时间点对样本的子集进行家访，以收集有关家庭读写能力因素的信息。将进行分析来检验以下假设：家庭识字因素影响语言熟练程度，共同影响语言之间和跨语言的识字前技能。此外，还将调查过渡期间家庭识字实践的变化。