Language and Literacy Predictors of Dialect Density Among School-Age African American Children From Two Geographic Regions.
Language and Literacy Predictors of Dialect Density Among School-Age African American Children From Two Geographic Regions.
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来自两个地理区域的学龄非裔美国儿童方言密度的语言和读写能力预测因素。
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10.1044/2020_lshss-19-00063
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2020
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Marie R. Kerins
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L. G. Caesar;Marie R. Kerins
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between oral language, literacy skills, age, and dialect density (DD) of African American children residing in two different geographical regions of the United States (East Coast and Midwest). Method Data were obtained from 64 African American school-age children between the ages of 7 and 12 years from two geographic regions. Children were assessed using a combination of standardized tests and narrative samples elicited from wordless picture books. Bivariate correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to determine relationships to and relative contributions of oral language, literacy, age, and geographic region to DD. Results Results of correlation analyses demonstrated a negative relationship between DD measures and children's literacy skills. Age-related findings between geographic regions indicated that the younger sample from the Midwest outscored the East Coast sample in reading comprehension and sentence complexity. Multiple regression analyses identified five variables (i.e., geographic region, age, mean length of utterance in morphemes, reading fluency, and phonological awareness) that accounted for 31% of the variance of children's DD-with geographic region emerging as the strongest predictor. Conclusions As in previous studies, the current study found an inverse relationship between DD and several literacy measures. Importantly, geographic region emerged as a strong predictor of DD. This finding highlights the need for a further study that goes beyond the mere description of relationships to comparing geographic regions and specifically focusing on racial composition, poverty, and school success measures through direct data collection.
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10.1044/jslhr.4105.1115
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1998
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Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
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Washington,JA;Craig,HK;Kushmaul,AJ
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Kushmaul,AJ
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10.1044/1092-4388(2002/040
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2002
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Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
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Oetting,JannaB;McDonald,JanetL
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McDonald,JanetL
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10.1044/1092-4388(2011/09-0257
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2012
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Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
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Terry,NicolePatton;Connor,CarolMcDonald;Petscher,Yaacov;Conlin,CatherineRoss
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Conlin,CatherineRoss