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EJ405212 EC222642
Title: Language Skills of Children with Different Preschool Experiences.Author(s): Roberts, Joanne Erwick; And Others
Source: Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v32 n4 p773-86 Dec 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG1990
Target Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Disadvantaged
preschool children (N=57) attending a language-enriched day care
program with a parent education component were found to use a greater
proportion of high-quality topic manipulation skills than did children
without language-enriched day care. No significant differences were
found for structural complexity, semantic diversity, and talkativeness
measures. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Communication Skills; Comparative Analysis; *Day Care;
*Early Intervention; Economically Disadvantaged; *Interpersonal
Communication; Language Acquisition; *Language Handicaps; *Parent
Education; Preschool Children; Preschool Education
Identifiers: *Conversation; *Topic Control
