Educational Television Program for Children of Immigrant Households

移民家庭儿童教育电视节目

• 批准号: 7155990
• 负责人: WILLIAM Z TAN
• 金额: $ 11.8万
• 依托单位: TRANSCENDENT INTERNATIONAL, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2007-09-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7155990
• 关键词: Chinese; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; communication; culture; educational resource design /development; elementary school; generation difference; health disparity; health education; human subject; interactive multimedia; multilingualism; nonEnglish language; parent offspring interaction; preschool child (1-5); racial /ethnic difference; television; vocabulary

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract: The language barrier between immigrant parents and their English-dominant children is a daily and relatively unnoticed problem in 12 million U.S. households. The intergenerational language gap often leads to adverse health outcomes for both children and adults: (1) it hinders young children's ability to communicate with their parents when they feel sick; and (2) as children are inevitably relied upon as interpreters for family members during office visits and medical emergencies, they are ill-prepared both linguistically and mentally for the difficult task. This proposal seeks to develop a television program that can bridge the intergenerational language gap and improve the health status of all members of an immigrant household. During Phase I, treatments (blueprint) for a 10-episode television series will be created for Mandarin-speaking Chinese viewers, with 1 particular treatment fully developed into an animated pilot episode. A sample population of 60 participants, including children, parents, educators and health providers will view the pilot episode and assess its effectiveness using a variety of test instruments. Their feedback will be used to determine the project's feasibility. Project Narrative: This proposed project will develop an innovative television program that combines language and healthcare education and can be enjoyed by both children and parents together. The television program aims to enhance children's language skills in their heritage language, improve parents' English proficiency, provide exposure to health education, and promote intergenerational communication.

描述（由申请人提供）： 项目摘要/摘要：移民父母与其以英语为母语的孩子之间的语言障碍是 1200 万美国家庭中一个日常且相对未被注意到的问题。代际语言差距往往会给儿童和成人带来不利的健康后果：（1）它阻碍了幼儿在生病时与父母沟通的能力； (2) 由于家庭成员在办公室探访和医疗紧急情况下不可避免地要依靠儿童担任翻译，他们在语言和心理上都没有做好应对这项艰巨任务的准备。该提案旨在开发一个电视节目，可以弥合代际语言差距并改善移民家庭所有成员的健康状况。在第一阶段，将为讲普通话的中国观众制作一部 10 集电视连续剧的治疗（蓝图），其中一个特定的治疗完全开发成动画试播集。包括儿童、家长、教育工作者和医疗服务提供者在内的 60 名样本参与者将观看试点节目，并使用各种测试仪器评估其有效性。他们的反馈将用于确定项目的可行性。项目叙述：本拟议项目将开发一个创新的电视节目，将语言和医疗保健教育结合起来，可供儿童和家长共同欣赏。该电视节目旨在提高儿童传统语言的语言技能、提高家长的英语水平、提供接触 健康教育，促进代际沟通。