The home language environment in rural China: variations across family characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A rich language environment is an important element of a nurturing home environment. Despite their proven importance, vocabulary and conversation have been shown to vary widely across households-even within the same socio-economic class. One significant gap in the existing literature is its nearly exclusive geographic focus on Western and developed settings, with little attention given to poorer communities in lower/middle income countries. The purpose of this study was to empirically illustrate the characteristics of the home language environment in the low SES, non-Western cultural setting of rural China.

Methods

Using Language Environment Analysis (LENA) automated language-analysis system, this study measured the home language environment of 38 children aged 20

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature