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The Quality of Mother-Toddler Communication Predicts Language and Early Literacy in Mexican-American Children from Low-Income Households.
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- Parental Engagement in Early Literacy: A Qualitative Exploration of Practices and Beliefs in Northern Mexico.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2024Article
- Investigating associations between parent engagement and toddlers' mathematics performance.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2023Article
- 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 : JSLHR · 2022Article
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Abstract
This longitudinal study documents the key role of early joint engagement in the language and early literacy development of Mexican-American children from low-income households. This rapidly growing population often faces challenges as sequential Spanish-English language learners. Videos of 121 mothers and their 2.5-year-old children interacting in Spanish for 15 min were recorded in 2009-2011 in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Researchers reliably rated general dyadic features of joint engagement-symbol-infused joint engagement, shared routines and rituals, and fluency and connectedness-that have been found to facilitate language development in young English-speaking children. The construct
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