Department of Development and Socialization Psychology, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 4;19(1):526. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010526.
The most intensive period of language development is during the first years of life, during which the brain is developing rapidly. Research has shown that children from disadvantaged households who received high-quality stimulation at a young age grew into adults who earned an average of 25% more than those who did not receive these interventions. In addition, it has been suggested that children who show a greater interest in literacy-related activities and voluntarily engage in them are likely to become better readers than children with less interest in literacy. These children's factors, along with their engagement in literacy activities, are important components in children's early literacy experiences and may affect their early language development. In this study, we examined associations among maternal education, home literacy environment (HLE), children's interest and engagement in literacy activities, and language development of 44 toddlers aged between 20 and 36 months. Overall, results showed that only children's engagement in literacy activities was related to vocabulary and morphosyntactic skills, whereas maternal education, HLE, and children's interests were not. These results suggest that taking advantage of individual children's interests by planning activities in which children are fully engaged, may be effective strategies for promoting children's oral language development.
语言发展最密集的时期是生命的头几年，在此期间大脑发育迅速。研究表明，从小接受高质量刺激的贫困家庭的孩子长大后，平均收入比没有接受这些干预的孩子高出 25%。此外，有人认为，对与读写能力相关的活动表现出更大兴趣并自愿参与的孩子，可能会比对读写能力兴趣较低的孩子成为更好的读者。这些孩子的因素，以及他们参与读写活动的情况，是儿童早期读写经验的重要组成部分，可能会影响他们的早期语言发展。在这项研究中，我们研究了母亲教育、家庭读写环境（HLE）、孩子对读写活动的兴趣和参与程度与 44 名 20 至 36 个月大的幼儿语言发展之间的关系。总的来说，结果表明，只有孩子对读写活动的参与与词汇和形态句法技能有关，而母亲的教育、HLE 和孩子的兴趣则没有关系。这些结果表明，通过计划让孩子充分参与的活动来利用孩子的个人兴趣，可能是促进儿童口语发展的有效策略。
