移民和季节性农场工人(MSFW)的子女是最贫困的群体,在美国服务不足的群体。当前的研究调查了家庭和课堂语言和识字经历如何独特且互动地促进了MSFW儿童的英语和西班牙语新兴识字技能。参与者是255名西班牙语-英语双语学习儿童(M年龄=49岁;98.3%的拉丁裔/西班牙裔)及其父母和47名老师,来自移民和季节性开始(MSHS)研究。父母报告了目标儿童从事语言和识字活动的频率(即,教字母,单词,或数字,读书,唱歌,和他们的家人讲故事)。教师报告了目标儿童参与课堂语言和识字活动的频率(例如,读书,学习字母,复述故事,等。).通过标准测试评估儿童的英语和西班牙语新兴读写能力。在控制了人口统计学变量之后,家庭和课堂语言和识字活动独特地预测了儿童在西班牙语中的新兴识字技能,但不是英语。此外,家庭和课堂活动在支持儿童的英语和西班牙语新兴识字发展方面相互补偿。也就是说,在一种情况下,语言和识字活动对在另一种情况下活动频率较低的儿童表现出更强的影响。一起,这些发现揭示了支持MSFW儿童新兴识字技能的方法,并揭示了整合和连接家庭和学校学习经验的重要性。
Children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) are among the most underprivileged, underserved groups in the United States. The current study examined how home and classroom language and literacy experiences uniquely and interactively contributed to MSFW children\'s emergent literacy skills in English and Spanish. Participants were 255 Spanish-English dual language learning children (M age = 49 mon; 98.3% Latino/Hispanic) and their parents and 47 teachers, drawn from the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Study. Parents reported how often the target children engaged in language and literacy activities (i.e., teaching letters, words, or numbers, book-reading, singing, and storytelling) with their family members. Teachers reported how often the target children engaged in classroom language and literacy activities (e.g., book-reading, learning letters, retelling stories, etc.). Children\'s emergent literacy skills in English and Spanish were assessed by standard tests. After controlling for demographic variables, home and classroom language and literacy activities uniquely predicted children\'s emergent literacy skills in Spanish, but not in English. Additionally, home and classroom activities compensated one another in supporting children\'s English and Spanish emergent literacy development. That is, language and literacy activities in one context showed a stronger effect for children who experienced less frequent activities in the other context. Together, these findings shed light on ways to support MSFW children\'s emergent literacy skills and reveal the importance of integrating and connecting home and school learning experiences.