What is it about?
This paper examines how Spanish-speaking mothers of Mexican origin and their young children communicate during play. Although language input is important, conversational discourse features (like taking turns or asking questions) grow in relevance and predict language outcomes too.
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Why is it important?
Language and discourse skill develop hand-in-hand. Children’s early opportunities to respond to parents’ questions in the context of play benefit their language skills. This research is important because it extends the evidence base from monolingual English-speaking families to understand linguistic practices in U.S. families of Mexican origin.
Perspectives
Writing this article with this amazing team was great fun. We hope it helps motivate the field to think about language learning within across cultures and the active role that children play in their own linguistic development.
Amy Pace
University of Washington
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This page is a summary of: A Longitudinal Study of Language Use During Early Mother–Child Interactions in Spanish-Speaking Families Experiencing Low Income, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, January 2022, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00329.
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