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Relation Between Language Experiences in Preschool Classrooms and Children’s Kindergarten and Fourth‐Grade Language and Reading Abilities
Author(s) -
Dickinson David K.,
Porche Michelle V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01576.x
Subject(s) - psychology , vocabulary , reading (process) , vocabulary development , developmental psychology , literacy , reading comprehension , comprehension , language development , preschool education , mathematics education , teaching method , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy
Indirect effects of preschool classroom indexes of teacher talk were tested on fourth‐grade outcomes for 57 students from low‐income families in a longitudinal study of classroom and home influences on reading. Detailed observations and audiotaped teacher and child language data were coded to measure content and quantity of verbal interactions in preschool classrooms. Preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary during free play predicted fourth‐grade reading comprehension and word recognition (mean age = 9; 7), with effects mediated by kindergarten child language measures (mean age = 5; 6). In large group preschool settings, teachers’ attention‐getting utterances were directly related to later comprehension. Preschool teachers’ correcting utterances and analytic talk about books, and early support in the home for literacy predicted fourth‐grade vocabulary, as mediated by kindergarten receptive vocabulary.