Data_Sheet_1_The home language environment and early language ability in rural Southwestern China.docx

Using premier Language Environment Analysis technology to measure and analyze the home language environment, this observational study aims to describe the home language environment and child language ability, drawing on empirical data from 77 households with children aged 18–24 months from rural China. The results show large variation in measures of the home language environment and early language ability, similar to other rural Chinese samples. Results also demonstrate significant correlations between child age and the home language environment, maternal employment and the home language environment, father’s educational attainment and the home language environment, adult–child conversations and early language ability, and child vocalizations and early language ability.

本研究采用卓越的语言环境分析技术，对家庭语言环境进行测量与分析，旨在描述家庭语言环境及儿童语言能力，并借鉴来自中国农村77户家庭、儿童年龄在18至24个月之间的实证数据。研究结果显示，家庭语言环境及早期语言能力的测量存在较大差异，与其它农村中国样本相似。研究亦揭示了儿童年龄与家庭语言环境、母亲就业与家庭语言环境、父亲教育水平与家庭语言环境、成人与儿童对话与早期语言能力以及儿童发声与早期语言能力之间的显著相关性。